This paper assesses the impact of the crisis on the NEET rate and on the youth unemployment rate (YUR) of the EU …

We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by -0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share. …

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 …

Different regions often display large differences in educational attainment and employment outcomes, highlighting the …