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ERIC Number: EJ639821
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
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Taking Control of Their Lives? A Comparison of the Experiences of Unemployed Young Adults (18-25) in England and the New Germany.
Behrens, Martina; Evans, Karen
Comparative Education, v38 n1 p17-37 Feb 2002
A survey and group interviews with unemployed young people aged 18-25 in Derby (England), Hannover (western Germany), and Leipzig (eastern Germany) examined the relative importance to their life and work transitions of individual agency and structural factors. Two national job training "schemes" for unemployed youth are compared: the British "New Deal" and the German "JUMP." (Contains 28 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Programs, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Labor Market, National Programs, Postsecondary Education, Self Concept, Socioeconomic Influences, Unemployment, Vocational Education, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany; United Kingdom (England)
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