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Work Package 1 – Structural Changes in Education and Labour Market Environments in the Post-Covid Era
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Porto – a pefect place to discuss progress and plans for the future
Porto was a perfect place for discussing the progress of the NEXT-UP project and planning the next steps for the future. The beautiful city itself would already have been reason enough to visit. Stretching along the steep riverbanks of the Douro, Porto offers narrow alleys, winding streets and remarkable views at every turn. But it…
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Active Labour Market Policy Expenditure by Age and Gender. New data and its benefits
Active labour market policies (ALMP) are an important instrument in the toolbox of modern welfare states, yet comparative research typically relies on aggregate spending measures that obscure how resources are distributed across target groups. This paper addresses this limitation by developing a new method to disaggregate ALMP expenditure by age group (15–24 and 25+) and…
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Diverging Perceptions – challenges on the way to the labour markets four young people – Results of a structured literature review
Authors: Stanislav Stedronsky (UiS), Thomas Sattich (UiS), Dian Liu (UiS) In a nutshell Next-UP literature review shows three patterns that structure the transgression of young people from education to the labour markets. The review identified several persistent patterns emerging across the literature: In addition, educators and employers seem to share the same priorities. Both…