Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. Many young workers have remained unemployed for a long time and, unless it is … initiatives have been introduced recently, but more will be needed to limit scarring effects and keep youth connected so that they … empirically-proven to help regain employment; this will require systematic and rigorous evaluation of labour-market programmes and …

’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to … contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …

two-fold. First, it isolates empirically the reasons by which unpaid labour supply may be associated with individual life …