Title: Influence of education and training systems on participation of young people in labour market of CEE economies: a comparison of Poland and Slovenia

Authors: Polona Domadenik, Francesco Pastore

Addresses: Institute for South East Europe (ISEE), University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploscad 17, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia. ' Seconda Universita di Napoli and IZA, Bonn, Via Mazzocchi 5, 81055, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE), Italy

Abstract: Little attention has been given to youth unemployment in transition countries. However, it has significant detrimental effects in factors that affect welfare in the long term, such as human capital accumulation and fertility rates. The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of participation of young people in labour market in two countries (Poland and Slovenia) that implemented different reform paths to the market system. The analysis is carried out using individual level data drawn from the labour force survey in 1997 and 2002. The focus is on education and training systems. The results of a multinomial LOGIT model of the probability belong to six different labour market status suggests that tertiary educational attainment and participation in training programmes work as buffers against unemployment especially for adults.

Keywords: youth unemployment; education; economic transition; multinomial LOGIT; labour market participation; training; young people; Poland; Slovenia; transition economies; Central and Eastern Europe; CEE.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2006.010548

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2006 Vol.3 No.5, pp.640 - 666

Published online: 30 Jul 2006 *

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