Is the distribution of NEETs and early leavers from education and training converging across the regions of the European Union?

Literature on education and training highlights two factors that impinge the distribution of early leaving (ELET) exclusion from employment (NEET) across EU regions. One these lies in institutions regulate transition to at national level. Over time, have constituted a Universalistic regime Scandinavia, an Employment-Centred Central Europe, Liberal Regime UK Ireland, Sub-Protective Southern Western Europe array Post-Socialist regimes. The other factor local regional levels governance. In some regions, diverse stakeholders are capable encourage school leavers undertake again, constructed complex schemes vocational embrace apprenticeships, secondary tertiary education. By exploring ELET NEET rates between 2003 2015, our findings report mixed trends convergence. While regimes we find out convergence insofar as more vulnerable regions catch up, Liberal, Sub- Protective Post- Socialist catch-up effects weak not significant, top performing deviate rest.