The impact of the European social fund on youth education and employment
Fusaro, Stefano (Universidad Loyola)
Scandurra, Rosario Ivano (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)

Publicació:	Elsevier Limited, 2023
Descripció:	29 pàg.
Resum:	The effectiveness of the European Union's Cohesion Policy in reducing regional socio-economic gaps remains an open empirical issue, while evidence as to how the policy is affected by specific territorial factors and which social groups benefit most from it remains sparse. This article seeks to address this gap by disentangling the impact of the European Social Fund (ESF) on youth education and employment prospects. Drawing on macro-level data for the European NUTS-2 regions, we assess the impact that this fund has on different education-specific youth population shares and employment rates. In the case of education, we find that the receipt of funding is associated with a human capital polarization of regional populations. Specifically, we identify a positive impact of the ESF on population shares with lower-secondary and tertiary education, and a simultaneous negative impact on the share of those with upper-secondary education. In the case of employment, we find a positive response for youth of all educationlevels. A heterogeneity analysis indicates that both the education and employment responses of the youth population to the receipt of the ESF are strongly influenced by local specialization in high-skilled activities.
Ajuts:	European Commission 2020-1-UK01-KA203- 079171) Agencia Estatal de Investigación IJC2019-040056-I
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Youth ; Employment ; Human capital ; European social funds ; Cohesion policy ; European regions
Publicat a:	Socio-economic planning sciences, Vol.88, (2023) , article 101650, ISSN 0038-0121

DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101650

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