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 …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …

, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age … distrust of institutions. The social safety net sits uneasily between autonomy and family solidarity and is unfair because …