The well-being of young people in Europe during the pandemic: the social ties, labor market integration, and the social inequalities

Dragan Stanojević, Bojan Todosijević and Anja Gvozdanović are the authors of the chapter “The Well-Being of Young People in Europe During the Pandemic: The Social Ties, Labor Market Integration, and the Social Inequalities” published in “Well-being During the Pandemic: Comparative Perspectives from the Global North and South”. The book is a part of the Social Indicators Research Series published by Springer.

The authors of the chapter analyze the relationships between life satisfaction and three dimensions of integration: social ties, participation in the labor market, and political participation among the European youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that the various forms of integration—closer social ties, being a member of an ethnic majority, labor market integration, and some forms of political participation (voting)—are associated with greater life satisfaction.

The chapter (and the whole book) are available in open access at the link.