Publisher's Synopsis
Young people in many rural areas face a number of barriers linked to their spatial isolation and to the narrow range of jobs available. Moreover, for rural youth, some of the most effective bridges into the labour market (such as education and training) may be limited or inaccessible. It is also clear that there is a set of more subjective barriers manifest in depressed aspirations, which have been observed among rural youth from early adolescence.;This report investigates the importance of a range of structural and normative bridges and barriers, which impinge on the labour market and training experiences of young people in rural areas. It draws from the findings of a study of rural young people, with an analysis of rural employment taken from an EU funded survey.
