Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/182561 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of European Social Policy [ISSN:] 1461-7269 [Volume:] 27 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Sage [Place:] London [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 346-359
Publisher: 
Sage, London
Abstract: 
Many institutional theories assume that institutions function in conjunction with each other and, therefore, constitute regimes. Moreover, when analysing institutional effects most researchers maintain a purely variable-oriented approach and its ceteris-paribus logic of causal association. This article analyses associations between configurations of labour market and education institutions and relative youth unemployment by examining 30 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The analysis reveals that no single institution constitutes a sufficient or necessary condition for relative youth unemployment. Institutions unfold their effects only in combination with other institutions, that is, they are always conjunctural. Low relative youth unemployment cannot be explained adequately. Employment protection is only associated with high relative youth unemployment if vocational specificity, standardisation and stratification is low.
Subjects: 
complex causality
education system
institutions
labour market
qualitative comparative analysis
relative youth unemployment
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Article
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Published Version

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