This paper examines the empirical evidence regarding the poor performance of the youth labor market in Spain over the …

In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We … higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way between France and the US. This … suggests that while Spain has borne the full cost of its labor market reforms in terms of job precarity, the benefits in terms …