Youth excluded from participating in the education system and in the labour market of the EU countries and Russia

Due to the fact that traditional indicators for labour market participation (first and foremost, employment rate, unemployment rate, economic inactivity rate) insufficiently reflect the situation with young people in the labour market, the author proposes a new approach to its analysis and monitoring that has been widely practiced in the EU and the OECD countries in recent years. This approach uses the NEET concept that defines young people not in employment, education or training i. e. who are excluded from participating in the education system and in the labour market. The author analyzes basic NEET socio-demographic characteristics and trends for NEET rates in EU for 2000-2013. It is demonstrated that changes in NEET rates is determined by the dynamics of NEET unemployment, sensitive to cyclic changes. A strong connection between the NEET rates, calculated for different age and gender groups of young people, is determined. This suggests the existence of common institutional and structural determinates at the country level that either stimulates or restricts the entry of young people (regardless of gender and age) in labour market and education. The NEET indicator for Russian youth is calculated by using data from the Russian Labour Force Survey. NEET rate and sociodemographic characteristics of the Russian NEETs are at the European average. The most significant differences are observed among youth aged between 20 and 24. Russian female NEETs economic inactivity rate is much higher than the EU average, while the share of unemployed male NEETs is below the EU average. Based on the analytical value of the proposed performance indicators, the author proves the necessity to introduce into the national statistical practice indicators, characterizing youth NEETs.

статистика рынка труда, NEET, молодежная безработица, экономическая неактивность молодежи, образование, labour market statistics, NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training), youth unemployment, youth inactivity, education

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