Abstract

LUCAS, Juan Carlos Solano  and  BALIBREA, Lola Frutos. Equal chances crisis for young people with low educational attainment in Spain (2005-2014). Rev. Port. de Educação [online]. 2016, vol.29, n.2, pp.287-327. ISSN 0871-9187.  https://doi.org/10.21814/rpe.7911.

The educational structure of the young population in Spain is unique compared to other neighbouring countries. It is characterized by the polarization of the levels of education of its young people. Spain is the only country in the OECD with the highest rates of young people with both higher education and low education level. We are considering the educational and working conditions of this part of our society who haven't finished compulsory education and are really punished by the context of the economic crisis. Precariousness, temporality, training contracts or internship and part-time contracts are a constant in the Spanish labour market. They are becoming an informal norm of access to jobs and also a way of prolonged instability about employment. All this is partly due to changes in the educational policies that limit young people's opportunities for promotion or improvement. This article intends to gain insight into the social and occupational situation of young people with low educational attainment in Spain. In order to do so, the Spanish Labour Force Survey will be used, analyzing the period of time ranging from the end of the economic boom from the beginning of the century to the current economic crisis. The research question focuses on the effect of both economic scenarios in the equality of opportunities and to what extent a dual society has emerged both in the educational and occupational realms.

Keywords : Young people with low educational attainment; Inequality of opportunities; Labor market.

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