April 16, 2013

How have young people’s experiences of unemployment changed since the 1980s?




Research teams from the University of Leicester and the University of Glasgow aim to explore unemployment, insecurity and vulnerability among young people during two key periods of economic instability

Researchers are investigating the experiences of unemployed young people during two of the worst periods for youth unemployment.

‘The making of the ‘precariat’: unemployment, insecurity and work-poor young adults in harsh economic conditions’ is a one-year research project which will examine youth unemployment in the mid-1980s and from 2009-11.