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Employment Insecurity at Labour Market Entry and Its Impact on Parental Home Leaving and Family Formation

A Comparative Study among Recent Graduates in Eight European Countries

Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, m.wolbers{at}maw.ru.nl

This article explores whether employment insecurity (i.e. unemployment and flexible employment) at labour market entry has a negative impact on parental home leaving and family formation. To answer this question, data from a large-scale European graduate survey carried out in 1998 were analysed. The results show that graduates with an insecure employment status at labour market entry are indeed less likely to leave the parental home and establish a nuclear household and family than those with stable first employment. With regard to entry into marriage and parenthood, these results especially hold true for men. Furthermore, it is found that in European countries in which unemployment among tertiary education graduates is high, the likelihood of leaving the parental home and starting a nuclear household and family is smaller than in European countries where such unemployment is low.

Key Words: employment insecurity • Europe • graduate survey • transitions to adulthood • youth unemployment

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