This paper considers the issue of unemployment one of the most pressing issues facing the UK and other governments, as … unemployment among the young and other disadvantaged groups, is typical of past experience. The paper reviews past literature on … the causes of unemployment, arguing that the origin of the present difficulties lies with a collapse in demand rather than …

and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data. It argues that there is convincing evidence that the young are … particularly susceptible to the negative effects of spells of unemployment well after their initial experience of worklessness …. Because the current youth cohort is relatively large, the longer-term outlook for youth unemployment is quite good, but there …

-24 have suffered disproportionately during the recession. Using the USA and UK as case studies, we analyse youth unemployment … using microdata. We argue that there is convincing evidence that the effects of unemployment when young impose costs on … individuals and society well into the future. Though the effects of current policies on youth unemployment are uncertain, there is …

-ended work ; employment continuity ; unemployment ; inactivity …

, but sustainable, recovery. Improvement in the labor market may take some time, but many believe that unemployment will … consequences for unemployment may be worse than anticipated. -- Unemployment ; youth …

This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination … states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a … unemployment. Although we do not reject the null of proportionality, abandoning the proportionality assumption does not materially …

. When we evaluate the use of AWAs against unemployment, there is also evidence that the jobless are entering AWAs as …

This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination … states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a … unemployment. Although we do not reject the null of proportionality, abandoning the proportionality assumption does not materially …