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Croatian and comparative public administration : a journal for theory and practice of public administration, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2021.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.31297/hkju.21.1.4

Dancing on the Edge: Circumstances and Experiences of Young NEETs in the City of Zagreb

Marijana Majdak orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-383X ; (Associate professor, Social Work Study Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Danijel Baturina orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-305X ; Assistant professor, Social Work Study Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Berc ; Assistant professor, Social Work Study Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

The NEET population encompasses young people who are not involved in education, retraining or the labour market. The aim of this research was to gain insight into the experiences that members of the NEET population and professionals who work with them have had regarding the risks that lead young people to NEET status, and regarding their employment prospects. The participants were 15 experts and 25 young NEETs. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with the purpose of data collecting. Data were analysed by the mix method. The main results have shown that young people see the reasons of their unemployment in their educational and professional qualifications that are not compatible with the labour market. They have also reported on insufficient support of public institutions they experienced while looking for work. Experts have recognized an incompatibility of the educational system and the labour market and this situation has been highlighted as a significant risk factor for
young people entering the NEET status. They have also reported on insufficient institutional evidence and systematic recording of the NEET population at the national and local levels, as well as on difficulties in monitoring the NEET population. Experts have marked leaving the NEET status and the consequences of this status as a challenging effort for both young people and the society

Keywords

education; employment; labour market; the City of Zagreb; NEET population; experts; public institutions

Hrčak ID:

254724

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/254724

Publication date:

26.3.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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