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 …

destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and … rising unemployment rates, which persist long after the economy is growing again. In the wake of the present downturn, young …

, 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. …

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 …

unemployment entries in 2002 and analyze the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programs. With informative …

order to identify the causal long-run effects of post-graduation unemployment. The results show significant scarring effects … resulting in higher risks of unemployment up to 5 years later. The results imply that poor labor market performance as a …

2007 that include a longitudinal component. It first shows that sustained economic growth will reduce youth unemployment … reduce youth unemployment. Third, the analysis of labor market characteristics reveals that young graduates experience long … unemployment as they cue for high-skill jobs. Moreover, the public sector remains the main provider of employment opportunities for …

contemporary unemployment affect a young worker's probability of being invited to a job interview. In contrast to studies using … unobserved heterogeneity. We find no evidence that recruiting employers use information about past unemployment to sort workers …, but some evidence that they use contemporary unemployment to sort workers. The fact that employers do not seem to use past …

collapse and rising unemployment, this paper stresses that the impact of the crisis is rather diverse, reflecting differences …