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Young People at Work in Greece before and after the Crisis

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Young People and Social Policy in Europe

Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe ((RECOWE))

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The unfortunate pioneering role of Greece in the course of the current economic crisis has made the country an international point of reference and analysis. Shock economic therapies implemented after May 2010, when Greece became the recipient of a financial bailout package, had serious social consequences (Kretsos, 2012a). Financial support from the Troika1 and especially the IMF has been conditional on reductions in public deficits and public spending, thus initiating drastic labour market reform and welfare state retrenchment that is unprecedented in the post-war period (Hall, 2011; Meardi, 2012). Young workers are, among other social groups, heavily affected by the current crisis and the policies that were gradually implemented in Europe after 2008 (European Commission, 2013).

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  1. University of the West of Scotland, UK

    Lorenza Antonucci

  2. University of New South Wales, Australia

    Myra Hamilton

  3. University of Kent, UK

    Steven Roberts

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Kretsos, L. (2014). Young People at Work in Greece before and after the Crisis. In: Antonucci, L., Hamilton, M., Roberts, S. (eds) Young People and Social Policy in Europe. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137370525_6

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