TY - THES A1 - Ante, Christine T1 - The Europeanisation of Vocational Education and Training BT - A political economy of skills perspective N2 - In recent times, the “lost generation” is discussed widely in public debates. The “lost generation” is the young generation in Southern Europe: In Spain and in Greece, more than half of all young people are unemployed. In Croatia, Italy, Cyprus and Portugal, it is more than one third. With such difficulties in finding entry positions in the labour market, the young generation is faced with an insecure future. Without a job, it is difficult to be independent or to start a family: thus, both the personal and the economic independence suffer. Unemployment in the beginning of a career is likely to hamper career perspectives also in the middle and long run, and hereby leads to diffi-culties in saving for retirement. In this generation, unemployment hits everybody: university graduates who are perceived to be overqualified – or those who left school early in order to take a well-paid job in booming industries such as the construction sector in Spain. No matter the indi-vidual reason: a generation is deprived of their hopes. [...] T3 - Dissertations submitted to the Hertie School - 01/2015 KW - Political science KW - Political economy KW - European Union KW - Education -- Economic aspects KW - Labor economics KW - Education and state Y1 - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-23398 N1 - Shelf mark: 2015D005 + 2015D005+1 ER -