This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers … they provide a more accurate measure of the youth population in an actual labour market. Based on instrumental variables … estimation, we show that an increase in the youth share by one percentage point is predicted to decrease a young worker's wages …

A historically high level of youth unemployment presents Greece with a huge social and economic challenge. This paper … analyses various dimensions of this challenge. We argue that though the conventional definition of "youth" is the 16-24 age … youth. There are also grounds for examining why females seem to fare worse than males in the Greek labour market. The …

. This outcome tells us that improving access to university degrees remains the main road to tackle youth unemployment caused …