By focusing on a sample of youth aged 16 years at the beginning of the observation period, the analysis could only provide insights on periods of NEET status up to the age of 20. It would have been very interesting to look at how patterns of labour market entry of 20- or 25-year-olds differ from the ones observed for 16- to 20-year-olds, and at future periods of NEET status for those who left education early.21 An implication of the short observation period is moreover that the share of censored spells is higher than it would otherwise be. The sample size and the available information on personal and household characteristics in the EU-SILC data are rather limited.