at the individual level as workers re-build lost human capital through education. Employing administrative person … in service sector jobs varies greatly across workers depending on occupation, education and age. Less-educated, older and …

little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model (generous benefits and higher duration …

of education in economic growth among the developed economies with the conclusions derived through more detailed analyses … proposals. These would reform tax treatment of education and training investments by residents and immigrants alike; subsidise …

employment is presented. We provide some theoretical arguments which cast doubt on the standard thesis that unemployment … that a persistent lack of demand is responsible for the major part of the German unemployment problem. …

examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a …. The risk of entering unemployment is particularly high for French employees with poor education, but higher education …This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based …

education vanishes for males once we control for additional characteristics such as occupations, professional Internet use and …

ability, and the choice of education is determined endogenously. Job opportunities in an informal sector are available only to … workers who choose not to acquire higher education. We find that increased punishment of informal activities increases the …

sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid …

By conventional statistics, youth unemployment seems to be quite moderate in Korea: 'only' 9.6 percent of the 'active …' youth labour force was unemployed compared to 21.4 percent in EU-27 in 2011. Germany, with a youth unemployment rate of 8 … the perspective of intergenerational risk sharing Korea's youth unemployment rate is 4.6 times higher than the …

minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …