Five Characteristics of Youth Unemployment in Europe: Flexibility, Education, Migration, Family Legacies, and EU Policy Jacqueline O’Reilly , Werner Eichhorst , András Gábos , Kari Hadjivassiliou , David Lain , Janine Leschke , Seamus McGuinness , Lucia Mýtna Kureková , Tiziana Nazio , RenateOrtlieb , Helen Russell , Paola Villa DOI: 10.1177/2158244015574962 Published 23 March 2015 http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/5/1/2158244015574962 Current levels of youth unemployment need to be understood in the context of increased labor market flexibility, an expansion of higher education, youth migration, and family legacies of long-term unemployment. Compared with previous recessions, European-wide pol... »