Qualitative Interviews with Key Stakeholders Across the UK to Discuss the NEET Agenda, 2016-2018

The data presented is derived from a three-year project (2016-2019), which was undertaken by the University of Oxford’s Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It formed part of a project funded from the Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences to undertake a comparative quantitative secondary data analysis study of young people not in education, employment or training in the UK, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany and France to understand the causes and consequences of NEET status. Alongside the quantitative analysis within the UK strand of the research, a review of NEET policy interventions across the four UK nations was undertaken, to explore the absence of a UK-wide strategy or common approach to address the issue.
An initial visit was made to policy makers with responsibility for the NEET agenda across the UK to discuss policy strategy and intervention, obtain policy background information and to secure their cooperation. This was followed by a two-or-three-day visit to each locality to conduct a series of face-to-face qualitative interviews (or telephone interviews) with key stakeholders, including representatives from government departments and agencies, charities, youth organisations and training providers. The interview transcripts from this stage of the research form the submission to ReShare. The final stage of the fieldwork comprised convening policy seminars in each of the four localities, in order to feedback initial findings and, crucially, to assess their accuracy as well as to identify shifts and changes in policy direction since the study visits.<p>The University of Oxford’s Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), as part of a consortium led by the University of Maastricht secured funding from the Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences to undertake a comparative study of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). Secondary quantitative data analysis and longitudinal qualitative case studies addressed the following key research questions: 1) What are the patterns of NEET? 2) What are the causes of NEET? 3) To what extent can (a) individual characteristics, and (b) countries’ institutions and policies, and the interactions between them explain the probability that young people aged between 16-29 years make transitions into and out of NEET status? 4) What are the consequences of NEET?</p>

本数据集源自牛津大学技能、知识与组织绩效研究中心（SKOPE）于2016-2019年开展的一项为期三年的研究项目，该项目由经济与社会研究理事会（Economic and Social Research Council，简称ESRC）资助。本研究作为社会科学开放研究区域（Open Research Area，简称ORA）资助项目的组成部分，针对英国、荷兰、日本、德国及法国的未在学、未就业且未接受培训（Not in Education, Employment or Training，简称NEET）青年群体开展比较量化二手数据分析研究，以探究NEET状态的成因与影响。在英国分支的量化分析之外，研究团队还对英国四个构成国的NEET政策干预措施展开梳理，以探究英国缺乏全国统一战略或通用方案来应对该问题的现状。
研究团队首先拜访了英国境内负责NEET相关议程的政策制定者，商讨政策战略与干预措施，获取政策背景信息并争取其配合。随后，研究团队前往各调研地区开展为期2至3天的调研，与政府部门及机构、慈善组织、青年团体、培训提供商等关键利益相关者开展一系列面对面质性访谈（或电话访谈）。本研究此阶段的访谈转录文本即为提交至ReShare的数据集。实地调研的最后阶段，研究团队在四个调研地区分别举办政策研讨会，以反馈初步研究发现，尤为重要的是，借此评估研究发现的准确性，并识别自调研访问以来政策方向的变化与调整。
牛津大学SKOPE中心作为马斯特里赫特大学牵头的研究联盟成员，获得了社会科学开放研究区域（ORA）的资助，开展针对NEET青年群体的比较研究。本研究通过量化二手数据分析与纵向质性案例研究，回应了以下核心研究问题：1）NEET群体的分布特征如何？2）NEET状态的成因是什么？3）个体特征、各国制度与政策，以及二者间的交互作用，在多大程度上能够解释16至29岁青年进入或脱离NEET状态的概率？4）NEET状态会带来哪些影响？