Transition from Education to Employment: Comparative Assessment of Youth Guarantee Policies in Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Latvia

This chapter deals with the question of how political changes have affected the differences in young people’s transitions from school to the labour market by considering the example of three Eastern European countries (Slovenia, Czech Republic and Latvia). We will analyse the Youth Guarantee policies and compare various statistical indicators to show the position of young people in these countries (unemployment rate, education, gender differences and others). The main research question is how the countries understand their role in integrating young people into the labour market. We assume the role of state administrations is weak due to the growing inequality and the post-socialist open-market policies, which were meant to take the countries as far away from the socialist experience as possible.