theoretic framework. Utilizing an RD design, we analyse responses to a nationwide Swedish youth activation program. We find that …

In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified … counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within three months. The length of the waiting period … impact of these policies on the transition rate to employment and on the quality of work. Both policies increase job finding …

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 …

This paper reviews the Italian unemployment experience, analyzing in particular the time-series behavior of … unemployment rates along the path that brought Italy into Europe s Economic and Monetary Union, and their disaggregated structure … across geographical and demographic dimensions. High aggregate unemployment is a reflection of highly concentrated …

part-time and full-time employment after 2002 essentially resulted from changes in registered and unregistered unemployment … unemployment reforms in explaining changes in unemployment, non-participation and part-time employment. …In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work and labour market …

aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

This paper examines possible spillover effects of parental unemployment on the subjective wellbeing of 12- to 21-year …-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their … unemployment has negative effects, while no effect of fathers' unemployment can be detected. In subgroup analyses, we do not find …

We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature …, we find a significant and negative employment effect for male workers at 21, which we believe to be an anticipation … effect on employment of young workers, with this effect possibly occurring already well in advance of reaching the threshold …

context of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences … often adopted in regions with higher digital capital. But digital capital smoothed the employment shock beyond the effect of …