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with slow economic growth, rather than the supposedly low degree of labor market flexibility explain high (youth … youth long term unemployed, the so-called Good School and the related introduction of work-related learning, the European … Youth Guarantee and the reform of employment services - have been all recently implemented, which are causing a slow …
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Irregular migration became an alarming issue over the last decade for both developed and developing countries. A … prevailing assumption in migration policy is that labor market and institutional characteristics play a crucial role in pushing … decision to migrate irregularly amongst the youth in the MENA region and that the quality of institutions matters. In addition …
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I examine teenage pregnancy in Ghana, focusing on the role and interplay of Ghanaian and English reading skills, formal educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing several alternative identification strategies three main results are established. First, I confirm...
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pronounced for higher performing students. By contrast, gender differences in media time are the main factor explaining gender …
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In this paper we investigate whether human capital accumulation, during adolescence, depends on home investments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) equipment. Using micro-level data, for children aged 17-18 years old, drawn from the Greek part of the European Union Statistics on...
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order to increase their chances of obtaining a job in the host country after migration. Thus, all home country students may …We consider how the possibility of international migration affects an individual’s educational choices in their home …
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This paper investigates the school-to-work transition of young people from subsequent graduation cohorts between 2005 and 2012 in Egypt. The analysis compares the early employment outcomes of those who left school after the January 25th 2011 revolution to that of those who graduated before 2011....
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program targeted to senior high-school students. The program is based on an innovative playful approach workshop about …. Our results shed light on the importance of economic and financial education for the youth in developing countries. …
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. Specifically, we test the relationship between youth labor outcomes and parental co-residence, whether this relationship has become … refuge both for jobless youth and for those in poorly paid, insecure jobs, and this role has intensified during the crisis …
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Youth in Egypt hold rising aspirations for their adult lives, yet face an increasingly uncertain and protracted … time in Egypt and how the nature of youth transitions relates to gender and social class. We demonstrate that youth today …. Whether youth successfully make transitions to formal jobs, embark on such transitions and fail, or pursue a traditional route …
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