Special NEETs: Institutional Influences on School-to-Work Transitions of Young People with Disabilities in Europe

disability; disadvantage; Europe; institutional influences; internal labour markets; NEET; occupational labour markets; school-to-work transitions (STWT); special needs

Abstract :

[en] Institutional arrangements and social background characteristics significantly influence schoolto-work transitions (STWT). This study examines cross-national differences in the risk of being not in education, employment, or training among young people with and without disabilities and investigates how institutional contexts influence the duration of 'not in employment, education or training' (NEET) status among individuals with disabilities across 31 European countries. Using longitudinal data from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), multilevel random slope regressions were employed with interactions between self-assessed 'limitations in activities because of health problems' and institutional indicators. The findings reveal that higher rates of vocational enrolment, tracking in special schools and increased incapacity spending effectively reduce NEET-length among individuals with disabilities. These results underscore the importance of institutional contexts in shaping STWT and highlight the need for more in-depth comparative research on the transitions of young people with disabilities.

Research center :

DSOC

Disciplines :

Sociology & social sciences
Education & instruction

Author, co-author :

Blanck, Jonna M.; Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Brzinsky-Fay, Christian; University of Hamburg, Germany

POWELL, Justin J. W. ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Education and Society

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

Special NEETs: Institutional Influences on School-to-Work Transitions of Young People with Disabilities in Europe

Publication date :

09 September 2025

Journal title :

Work, Employment and Society

ISSN :

0950-0170

eISSN :

1469-8722

Publisher :

SAGE Publications, New York, United States - New York

Pages :

1-25

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Focus Area :

Educational Sciences

Development Goals :

4. Quality education

FnR Project :

FNR17735859 - PATH_CH-LUX - Pathways Into The Labor Market Of Young People With Disabilities In Switzerland And Luxembourg: Drivers Of And Barriers To Successful Transitions, 2022 (01/10/2023-30/09/2027) - Justin J.W. Powell

Name of the research project :

Pathways Into The Labor Market Of Young People With Disabilities In Switzerland And Luxembourg

Funders :

FNR - Luxembourg National Research Fund

Data Set :

Supplementary Material: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09500170251361814

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