The crisis has intensified what was previously a chronic unemployment problem in Europe; youth unemployment is now at … unprecedented highs in some European countries. This paper assesses the main drivers of youth unemployment in Europe. It finds that … much of the increase in youth unemployment rates during the crisis can be explained by output dynamics and the greater …

The SDN will assess the youth unemployment problem in advanced European countries, with a special focus on the euro … area. It will document the main trends in youth and adult unemployment in 22 European countries before and after the global … financial crisis. It will identify the main drivers of youth and adult unemployment, focusing in particular on the role of the …

We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and … measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and compare their effects on the unemployment rate in a standard macroeconomic … vector autoregressive (VAR) model. We find that aggregate uncertainty leads to an immediate increase in unemployment, with …

. In the end, the U.S. possessed a modern financial system able to finance innovation and growth. At a time when Europe is …