Being NEET before and after the Great Recession

This article adds to the literature on the time persistence of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) youth. It does so by distinguishing between short- and long-term persistence of being NEET, comparing the situation before (years 2004-2007) to after the Great Recession (years 2013-2016) while focusing on four Southern European countries and disaggregating NEETs by gender. The analysis reveals a convergence in NEET rates by gender in all four member States, due to a worsening of the male NEET rate and in the absence of improvement among female NEETs. It is shown that long-term persistence is smaller than short-term persistence and that the latter increased after the Great Recession, especially for male NEETs. 

Research paper by Malo, M. Á., Mussida, C., Cueto, B., & Baussola, M., Socio-Economic Review, Vol.21/No. 1 (2023).