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La desigualdad social ha sido, y sigue siendo, el objeto de atención más recurrente de la sociología. El estudio de las causas y las formas de la desigualdad, de los movimientos de individuos y familias entre desiguales posiciones sociales, de las consecuencias de estructuras de desigualdad y de procesos de movilidad componen el núcleo más estable de las preocupaciones sociológicas. Es difícil encontrar un campo del análisis sociológico, tanto en el nivel micro como en el macro, que no haga uso de conceptos, hipótesis y variables referidos a la desigualdad social.

La inserción laboral de los jóvenes constituye un buen observatorio de la desigualdad en el mercado de trabajo. La abundante literatura de los ultimos años sobre este problema se ha centrado más en mostrar este tipo de desigualdad que en explicarla. en este artículo se presentan las principales imágenes teóricas que explican los desiguales logros de los jóvenes en el mercado de trabajo, se hacen explícitas las predicciones observables que resultan desde cada una de ellas y se discuten las posibilidades y las condiciones de su integración en una única propuesta teórica.

Earnings are one of the most relevant dimensions of job quality. They are the main reward within the employment relation, the one most valued by workers and the most multi-faceted instrument for achieving other goals. Very frequently, it is also closely associated with other objective and subjective dimensions of employment quality. Still, sociological and politics research only rarely consider the monetary components of employment quality. In the last two decades, different factors stemming from the process of globalization, the evolution of the economy, changes in the labour market and social protection institutions and policies have led to changes in the level and patterns of earnings and income inequality. This contribution does not intend to draw a detailed picture of the state of that research; it rather aims to provide a quick glance into the situation and the most recent long or medium-term wage trends in a comparative international and European perspective. It is divided into 6 sections. The first deals with our level of knowledge about the impact of economic globalization on earnings inequalities. Sections 2 and 3 are devoted to the dynamics and present situation of the incidence of low paid work and in-work poverty respectively. Section 4 reflects on the different social, labour market and tax policies that may potentially rescue people from low pay and in-work poverty. Section 5 evaluates existing data and indicators. Finally, section 6 includes some tentative proposals for future research.

The economic recession has placed under extreme strain the youth labour market and the school to work transition system in Spain. The report, in a three-part format, presents and analyses the background to and recent developments in youth labour market performance, institutions and policies in Spain. The first part focuses on institutional arrangements; the second part focuses on the most recent policy and legal framework innovations; the third, concluding part, provides an assessment of the most likely effects of policy changes and continuities on different youth groups. ; The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 613256.