Determinants of Job-Finding Intentions Among Young Adults from 11 European Countries.

ABSTRACT: In this study we investigate the impact of individual, parental and social factors on young adults' job-finding intentions across countries and overall. We test our hypotheses by conducting binary logistic regressions on the basis of an original dataset that comprises responses from more than 5200 young adults and their parents from 11 European countries. Our findings show that individual factors are most decisive in shaping the job-finding intentions of young adults. Most importantly, being enrolled in education does not prevent young adults from lowering their aspirations with respect to anticipated earnings or finding more sophisticated jobs. Social factors, in terms of being socially involved or having more friends in employment, lead to stronger mobility intentions as well as to stron

SUBMITTER: Simoes F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261251 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature