absolute terms, correcting for purchasing power. The relatively high employment rates of less educated German youth combined …-German difference in employment rates …

This paper presents an analysis of the determinants of re-employment probabilities for young workers in the U.S. Using … from nonemployment to employment. The key factors examined include personal characteristics, unemployment income, local … duration of spells of nonemployment and there appears to be strong evidence of negative duration dependence in re-employment …

problems in the youth labor market. Partly because of inconsistencies in reported rates of youth employment across surveys and … employment over time and among areas. For groups facing the most severe joblessness problems, however, the difficulty due to lack … significantly to the stable ratio of employment to population among young whites. The causes of the downward trend in youth …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …

. The unemployed also have higher probabilities of gaining new employment, which reflect higher probabilities of receiving …