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Youth unemployment in Mediterranean countries
Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - 2014
In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...
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Youth Unemployment and Active Labor Market Policies in Europe
Caliendo, Marco - 2015
recent evidence on the effectiveness of these ALMP for youth in Europe, highlighting factors that seem to promote or impede …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012025
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The duration of the school-to-work transition in Italy and in other European countries: a flexible baseline hazard interpretation
Pastore, Francesco; Quintano, Claudio; Rocca, Antonella - 2021
Purpose: The Italian school-to-work transition (STWT) is astonishingly slow and long in comparison to the other EU countries. The aim of this paper is to analyze its determinants comparing the Italian case with Austria, Poland and the UK in a gender perspective. Design/methodology/approach: The...
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Experimental evidence on the long-term impacts of a youth training program
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Kluve, Jochen; Ripani, Laura; Shady, … - 2015
This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial on the long-term impacts of a youth training program. The empirical analysis estimates labor market impacts six years after the training including long-term - labor market trajectories of young people - and, to the best of our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288535
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Impact evaluation of the job youth training program Projoven
Díaz, Juan José; Rosas, David - 2016
This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior evaluations of the program, this one has several advantages. This is the first experimental impact evaluation of Projoven, and also the first to measure impacts over a longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472128
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The Impact of N-power (Training and Empowerment) Program on the Duration of Youth Unemployment in Nigeria
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2019
Nigeria is a lower income country(with extreme poverty status) characterized by very high youth unemployment and large informal sector. Consequently, the Nigeria government have implemented youth empowerment training(N-POWER) program to tackle the critical issues. Yet, there is relatively little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894197
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Youth unemployment in India : from a European and transitional labour market point of view
Schmid, Günther - 2015
statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second … can be derived and illustrated by good practice examples from Europe, in particular Germany. Third, because a large part …, however, is devoted to possible lessons for India from Europe, in particular from countries with low youth unemployment like …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463341
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Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe
Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2015 - Forthcoming in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015
recent evidence on the effectiveness of these ALMP for youth in Europe, highlighting factors that seem to promote or impede …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387111
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Youth labor market interventions : comprehensive programs that focus on skills can reduce unemployment and upgrade skills in OECD countries
Kluve, Jochen - 2014
Reducing youth unemployment and generating more and better youth employment opportunities are key policy challenges worldwide. Active labor market programs for disadvantaged youth may be an effective tool in such cases, but the results have often been disappointing in Organisation for Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422399
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Does vocational training help young people find a (good) job? : systems combining structured learning on the job with classroom training can ease youth unemployment
Eichhorst, Werner - 2015
Youth unemployment has increased in many industrialized countries following the recent global recession. However, this reflects not only the cyclical shock, but also the crucial role of institutions in structuring the transition from school to work. Vocational training, in particular in a dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422617