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quality of youth employment in Cameroon. The study uses data from the Cameroonian Household Survey (CHS 4) carried out by the …
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This paper uses teacher assessments at age 16 in Norwegian comprehensive schools to measure different types of skills. While we follow the literature and interpret test scores in Mathematics and Science as proxy for cognitive skills, we use a novel measure for another type of skills: Performance...
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counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within three months. The length of the waiting period …
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This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … with a relatively large youth population. Using panel data covering the 2002-2012 period for more than 100 countries, we … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …
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theoretic framework. Utilizing an RD design, we analyse responses to a nationwide Swedish youth activation program. We find that …
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We study a mentoring program that aims to improve the labor-market prospects of school-attending adolescents from disadvantaged families by offering them a university-student mentor. Our RCT investigates program effectiveness on three outcome dimensions that are highly predictive of...
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communities. We study the potential for youth camps—integrating rituals, sports, and civics training—to strengthen intergroup … minority, while higher intergroup contact backfires among Hindus but not Muslims. Our findings demonstrate that inclusive youth …
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This paper examines how and why returning to education fosters recovery from negative employment shocks among high school dropouts. High school dropout remains a problem, particularly as employment is increasingly skilled over time. Exploiting a policy expanding a Norwegian vocational...
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We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature found little evidence of an adverse impact of the NMW on the UK labor market. We focus on the age-related increases in the NMW at 18 and 22 years of age. Using regression...
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Aging changes the political power in a democracy in favor of the elder generations. Consequently, the retirees can extend the pay-as-you-go financed pensions. Under free labor mobility like within the EU, the success of gerontocracy, nevertheless, is restricted by migration of the young...
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