Some factors tend to penalise youth even in good times. Increasing number of youth is employed in non-standard
jobs, including temporary and part-time work. Non-standard job may be beneficial to employees if this work reflects
preferences to combine work with other activities including study or care work. We show figures of part-time
employments as percentage of the total employment of young people from several EU countries in Figure 3.
Figure 3 Part-time employments as percentage of the total employment for young people Source: Eurostat