Marge Unt & Michael Gebel 
Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe [EPUB ebook] 
The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity

1. Introduction: youth transitions in times of labour market insecurity — Michael Gebel, Marge Unt, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, and Dirk Hofäcker

Part 1: Labour market insecurity and youth well-being and health

2. Effects of unemployment and insecure jobs on youth well-being in Europe: economic development and business cycle fluctuations — Olena Nizalova, Gintare Malisauskaite, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Katerina Gousia, and Christina Athanasiades

3. Health effects of unemployment in couples: does becoming unemployed affect a young partner’s health? — Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Mattias Strandh

4. Multiple routes to youth well-being: a qualitative comparative analysis of buffers to the negative consequences of unemployment — Triin Lauri and Marge Unt

5. Experiencing unemployment and job insecurity in two European countries: German and Italian young people’s well-being and coping strategies — Christoph Schlee, Rosy Musumeci, and Chiara Ghislieri

Part 2: Labour market insecurity and youth autonomy

6. Meanings of work in the narratives of Italian, Estonian, and Polish young people who experience labour market insecurity — Eve-Liis Roosmaa, Epp Reiska, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Sonia Bertolini, and Paola Maria Torrioni

7. Housing autonomy of youth in Europe: do labour and housing policies matter? — Valentina Goglio and Sonia Bertolini

8. Is housing autonomy still a step towards adulthood in a time of job insecurity? — Sonia Bertolini, Rosy Musumeci, Christina Athanasiades,

Anastasia Flouli, Lia Figgou, Vassiliki Deliyanni- Kouimtzi, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, and Douhomir Minev

9. Becoming economically autonomous: young people in Italy and Poland in a time of job insecurity — Antonella Meo, Valentina Moiso, Jędrzej Stasiowski, and Zofia Włodarczyk

10. The role of informal social support for young people in unemployment and job insecurity in Italy, Estonia, and Germany — Antonella Meo, Roberta Ricucci, Christoph Schlee, Jelena Helemäe, and Margarita Kazjulja

11. How young people experience and perceive labour market policies in four European countries — Roberta Ricucci, Chiara Ghislieri, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, Marti Taru, and Magdalena Rokicka

Part 3: Labour market insecurity and the socio-economic consequences for youth

12. Can labour market policies protect unemployed youth from poverty? A cross-European comparison — Małgorzata Kłobuszewska, Marta Palczyńska, Magdalena Rokicka, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Kadri Täht, and Marge Unt

13. Unemployment and job precariousness: material and social consequences for Greek and Italian youth — Lia Figgou, Martina Sourvinou, Christina Athanasiades, Valentina Moiso, and Rosy Musumeci

14. Syntheses of long-term socio-economic consequences of insecure labour market positions for youth in Europe — Dirk Hofäcker, Sina Schadow, and Janika Kletzing

15. Conclusions: Integrating perspectives on youth transitions and the risk of social exclusion — Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Michael Gebel, Dirk Hofäcker, and Marge Unt

Dirk Hofaecker is Professor of Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research of the University of Duisburg-Essen.