Floro Ernesto Caroleo is Full Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Naples "Parthenope" and Director of Research Centre on Development Economics and Institutions (CRISEI). The research interests are in the field of labour market policies. He has been President of the Italian Association of Labour Economics.Olga Demidova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics Academic Director of Doctoral School of Economics in the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Post-graduate studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her main research interests are in applied microeconometrics and comparative economic studies.Enrico Marelli is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Brescia, Italy. He studied, taught and carried out research at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), L.S.E. (U.K.), University of Pennsylvania (Usa). Current research activity primarily in labour economics, economic policy, European integration. Marcello Signorelli is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Perugia, Department of Economics. Post-graduate studies and research at University of Siena (Ph.D.), Columbia University and University of Warwick. He has been President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

• Table of ContentsYoung People and the Labour Market: Comparative Evidence and PerspectiveFloro Ernesto Caroleo, Olga Demidova, Enrico Marelli and Marcello SignorelliChapter 1Youth Employment, Labour-Market Institutions and Education – A Cross-Country AnalysisFloro Ernesto Caroleo, Elvira Ciociano and Sergio DestefanisChapter 2Education Mismatch and Youth Labour Force Status in EuropeFabrizio Pompei and Ekaterina SeleznevaChapter 3Youth Unemployment, Labour Productivity and the Evolution of the Labour Markets in EuropeMaria Laura Parisi, Enrico Marelli and Olga DemidovaChapter 4Temporary-Permanent Contract Wage Gap for Young and Older Workers in EU-28 CountriesCristiano Perugini and Fabrizio PompeiChapter 5Living Arrangements of Young Adults in Italy and Norway: The Significance of Gender, Sociocultural Background, Work, and MoneyTindara Addabbo and Randi KjeldstadChapter 6Youth Unemployment and the Transition from School to Work in Germany and GreeceHans Dietrich, Annie Tubadji, Brigitte Schels, Anette Haas, Ioanna Tsoka, Vasilis Angelis and Katerina DimakiChapter 7Unemployed and NEET Youth: Well-Being in a Gender Perspective. The Case of Italy and SpainTindara Addabbo, Paula Rodríguez-Modroño and Lina Gálvez-MuñozChapter 8Job Satisfaction Among Young Russian WorkersFrancesco Bartolucci, Aleksandra Bashina, Giovanni S. F. Bruno, Olga Demidova and Marcello SignorelliChapter 9The School-to-Work Transition in the Latin Rim. The Case of ItalyFrancesco PastoreChapter 10Assessing the Stability of Employment Among Young People in Irelan

Floro Ernesto Caroleo is Full Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Naples "Parthenope" and Director of Research Centre on Development Economics and Institutions (CRISEI). The research interests are in the field of labour market policies. He has been President of the Italian Association of Labour Economics.Olga Demidova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics Academic Director of Doctoral School of Economics in the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Post-graduate studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her main research interests are in applied microeconometrics and comparative economic studies.Enrico Marelli is Full Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Brescia, Italy. He studied, taught and carried out research at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), L.S.E. (U.K.), University of Pennsylvania (Usa). Current research activity primarily in labour economics, economic policy, European integration. Marcello Signorelli is Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Perugia, Department of Economics. Post-graduate studies and research at University of Siena (Ph.D.), Columbia University and University of Warwick. He has been President of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies.

• Table of ContentsYoung People and the Labour Market: Comparative Evidence and PerspectiveFloro Ernesto Caroleo, Olga Demidova, Enrico Marelli and Marcello SignorelliChapter 1Youth Employment, Labour-Market Institutions and Education – A Cross-Country AnalysisFloro Ernesto Caroleo, Elvira Ciociano and Sergio DestefanisChapter 2Education Mismatch and Youth Labour Force Status in EuropeFabrizio Pompei and Ekaterina SeleznevaChapter 3Youth Unemployment, Labour Productivity and the Evolution of the Labour Markets in EuropeMaria Laura Parisi, Enrico Marelli and Olga DemidovaChapter 4Temporary-Permanent Contract Wage Gap for Young and Older Workers in EU-28 CountriesCristiano Perugini and Fabrizio PompeiChapter 5Living Arrangements of Young Adults in Italy and Norway: The Significance of Gender, Sociocultural Background, Work, and MoneyTindara Addabbo and Randi KjeldstadChapter 6Youth Unemployment and the Transition from School to Work in Germany and GreeceHans Dietrich, Annie Tubadji, Brigitte Schels, Anette Haas, Ioanna Tsoka, Vasilis Angelis and Katerina DimakiChapter 7Unemployed and NEET Youth: Well-Being in a Gender Perspective. The Case of Italy and SpainTindara Addabbo, Paula Rodríguez-Modroño and Lina Gálvez-MuñozChapter 8Job Satisfaction Among Young Russian WorkersFrancesco Bartolucci, Aleksandra Bashina, Giovanni S. F. Bruno, Olga Demidova and Marcello SignorelliChapter 9The School-to-Work Transition in the Latin Rim. The Case of ItalyFrancesco PastoreChapter 10Assessing the Stability of Employment Among Young People in Irelan