A brute indicator for a NEET case : Genesis and evolution of a problematic concept and results from an alternative indicator
Serracant, Pau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)

Data:	2014
Resum:	This article analyses the NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) concept and related indicators and its effects on both youth policies and the perception of young people. It is argued that a "weak version" of social exclusion is often used to explain the phenomenon. This leads both to defective policies (as a "victim blaming" approach tends to be developed instead of structural policies) and to the negative labelling of the NEET young people (as research and policies tend to focus on the individual's deficits and thus associate them with negative values). An alternative indicator is proposed, aimed at reducing the heterogeneity of the situations the concept includes and focus on the core NEET group. This restricted concept centres on those individuals who do not seem to have any objective impediment to study or work. Figures are calculated for the Spanish region of Catalonia and results show a lower proportion of people in a NEET situation; that the NEET rates for young people and adults are similar; that the phenomenon is not new; and confirm that it is related to the risk of social exclusion. These results reinforce the need for an approach which is more sensitive to inequalities to improve our understanding of the NEET population and to avoid the stigmatisation of individuals, generations and countries.
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Matèria:	Social indicators ; Vulnerability ; NEET ; Youth transition ; Welfare regimes ; Stigmatisation
Publicat a:	Social indicators research, Vol. 117 Núm. 2 (June 2014) , p. 401-419, ISSN 1573-0921

Adreça alternativa: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-013-0352-5
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0352-5

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