What gets them going? The effects of activation policies on personal change processes of unemployed youth

Niyadurupola, Verena and Esposito, Lucio (2021) What gets them going? The effects of activation policies on personal change processes of unemployed youth. Journal of Education and Work, 34 (4). pp. 590-609. ISSN 1363-9080

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Abstract

Activation policies are widely adopted to encourage labour market participation of unemployed youth, and yet they are poorly understood and monitored with regard to the causal mechanisms unfolding through their implementation. Activation schemes are often based on the carrot-and-stick logic informed by microeconomic job search theory, but activation occurs through processes which are far more complex and comprises elements of career identity and capability development, among others. This paper is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of the processes of attitudinal and behavioural change experienced by unemployed youth over the course of their participation in different activation programmes. Seven phases of change emerged from the analysis, namely vocational availability, self-testing, self-knowledge, self-confidence, goal-orientation, vocational activity and perseverance. For each of these phases, we identify drivers of change from both within and outside the intervention sphere, and discuss them in their implications for research and practice.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	youth unemployment,active labour market policies,theory of change,theory-based evaluation,qualitative methods,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2021 00:06
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2023 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80527
DOI:	10.1080/13639080.2021.1953694

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