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Leaving home in insecure conditions: the role of labour market policies and the housing market in Europe
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Abstract Leaving home is regarded as one of the key markers of the transition to adulthood. Previous studies have shown that the degree to which labour market vulnerability affects decisions about leaving the parental home and forming a family differs across countries and across different welfare state regim... view more
Leaving home is regarded as one of the key markers of the transition to adulthood. Previous studies have shown that the degree to which labour market vulnerability affects decisions about leaving the parental home and forming a family differs across countries and across different welfare state regimes. In countries that provide more generous supports for youth, the impact of labour market weakness on housing autonomy is reduced. Still, it remains unclear what dimensions of the institutional setting may be most important when it comes to buffering the relationship between labour market insecurity and individual autonomy among young people. Against this background, the paper uses multilevel models to investigate whether and how passive labour market policies and the structure of the housing market can moderate the relationship between labour market exclusion and youth housing autonomy. The results show that the level of expenditure on passive labour market policies, as well as the level of coverage of these policies, do not play a moderating role on the association between unemployment and housing autonomy, suggesting that further investigation in this domain would benefit from the inclusion of qualitative information on the design of passive measures. On the contrary, the structure of the housing market shows a positive role, although relatively low, in moderating the association between unemployment and housing autonomy, together with a negative moderating role of the level of indebtedness of the households. These findings shed light on the domains where policy intervention might provide better returns when it comes to fostering the achievement of housing autonomy for youth.... view less
Keywords
adulthood; autonomy; housing market; real estate; labor market policy; unemployment; youth; labor market
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
transition; passive labour market policies; mortgage market
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 9-27
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 10 (2018) 3
Issue topic
Social exclusion of youth in Europe: consequences of labour market insecurity
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed