Smart cities for wellbeing: youth employment and their skills on computers

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Picatoste, J., Pérez-Ortiz, L., Ruesga-Benito, S.M. and Novo-Corti, I. (2018), "Smart cities for wellbeing: youth employment and their skills on computers", Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 227-241. https://doi-org.accedys.udc.es/10.1108/JSTPM-04-2017-0014
Abstract
[Abstract]: The smart cities can be understood as an inclusive space for each and everyone to achieve their
best options, within the framework of sustainable development, where institutions boost
information and technology environments which help to achieve the highest individual and social
well-being with the aim of improving the lives of citizens. The youth group (between 15 and 24
years) was sternly affected for the crisis. In this paper the youth employability, in relation to the
new challenges of smart cities, is analyzed in the EU, with the aim of assessing the influence of
ICTs skills on youth employability. By means of a mean analysis and a Structural Equation
Modelling the differences between the Euro Area and the other countries in the EU is analyzed,
as well as the importance of information technologies and the computers skills for increasing
youth employability. The results indicate that awareness of the importance of IT skills is greater
in the euro area and that computer skills and highly significant to explain the employability of
young people. The achieved conclusions point out to the training on computers skills as a key
factor for boosting youth employment. This paper contribution could help to increase social
wellbeing by means of giving support to policy makers to make decisions to increase youth
employment and to provide the qualified workforce to those companies arose among the smart
cities. The main original value is to link the computer skills to the employment for the specific
youth group in the EU.
Keywords
Youth Employment
Smart Cities
ICTs
European Union
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
Smart Cities
ICTs
European Union
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
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2053-4620