Youth Employment Insecurity and Pension Adequacy

‘Young people face many immediate challenges in today’s labour markets, yet their longer-term prospects for retirement have often been neglected. Importantly, this edited volume addresses the links between disadvantages experienced early in careers and the much later, often substantial, consequences for retirement and old-age income. Going beyond the ordinary, these interdisciplinary studies fill knowledge gaps, especially with respect to social risk groups and geographical spread. They investigate how flexibilization of work and pension reforms challenge youth today and how they will continue to challenge them in the future. Are they aware of their prospects – and can they save adequately for their old age retirement?’ – Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Mannheim, Germany

Edited by Dirk Hofäcker, Professor of Quantitative Research Methods, Institute for Social Work and Social Policy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and Kati Kuitto, Senior Researcher, Finnish Centre for Pensions, Finland