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NEETs in Norway: A Scoping Review
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Abstract In contrast with the rest of Europe, Norway has one of the lowest proportions of young people who are outside education, employment, or training (NEET), yet many of the youth categorised as NEETs in the country often suffer more severe challenges than their European counterparts. This scoping review... view more
In contrast with the rest of Europe, Norway has one of the lowest proportions of young people who are outside education, employment, or training (NEET), yet many of the youth categorised as NEETs in the country often suffer more severe challenges than their European counterparts. This scoping review analyses state-of-the-art research on NEETs in Norway and has found that such studies can be divided into two separate strands, one focusing on NEETs as a social problem and the other on strategies for the re-education and re-employment of NEETs. Reflecting on this trend, we argue that this segmentation of social problems and individual solutions in research could be symptomatic of an underlying issue that may be mirrored in policymaking and practice.... view less
Keywords
Norway; youth; labor market; social problem; mental health; unemployment; occupational integration
Classification
Labor Market Policy
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Free Keywords
NEETs; market policies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Journal
Politics and Governance, 12 (2024)
Issue topic
Active Labour Market Policies and Youth Employment in European Peripheries
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed