The Crisis for Young People Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of generational divides through an...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Basingstoke
Springer Nature
2017
Cham : 2017. |
| Edición: | 1st ed. 2017. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425412806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Also by Andy Green
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1 Introduction: At the Sharp-End of Globalisation and Demographic Change
- The Drivers of Changes in Opportunities for Young People
- Different Perspectives on the Crisis for Youth
- Changing Opportunities in Different Domains: Education
- Employment
- Housing
- Wealth
- Benefits and Political Representation
- Chapter 2 Education, Education ...Under-Employment: The Mantra That Failed
- Increasing Participation in Upper Secondary and Higher Education
- Increases in Average Qualification Levels at GCSE, Upper Secondary and Degree Level
- Trends in Levels of Knowledge and Skill
- Declines in Educational Inequalities?
- Trends in Inequalities of Qualification Levels
- Trends in Skills Inequalities
- Explaining the Trends in Skills Inequalities
- Pathways in Post 16 Education and Training
- Education and Jobs: The Declining Value of Qualifications on the Labour Market
- The Education Opportunity Balance Sheet
- Chapter 3 Young People and Employment: The Age of Uncertainty
- Young People's Perceptions of Their Employment Opportunities and How They Compare with Those of Their Parents
- Perceptions of Job Opportunities
- A Temporary Dislocation or a Long-Term Trend?
- Chapter 4 Britain's Housing Disaster and Its Effects on Young People
- Intergenerational Decline Meets Social Class Polarisation
- Chapter 5 Wealth and Welfare: Breaking the Generational Contract
- Wealth
- Intergenerational Transfers
- Chapter 6 Policies for Intergenerational Equity: (1) Education and Work
- Reducing Inequality in Lower Secondary Education
- Reforming Upper Secondary Education and Training
- Tertiary Education
- Student Finance
- Chapter 7 Policies for Intergenerational Equity Two: Housing
- Capital Gains Tax on Sales of First Homes.
- Reforming Council Tax
- Re-regulating the Rental Sector
- Chapter 8 Political Power and Generational Prospects for the Future
- Gerontocracy and Politics
- Notes
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- References
- Index.
