This study discusses in depth the youth unemployment "problem" and examines the various policy responses to it …, While analysing the characteristics, causes and consequences of youth unemployment, the study explores the nature of the … programmes aimed at disadvantaged young people. The book reveals how youth unemployment is first and foremost a consequence of …

The global financial and economic crisis that has persisted since 2008 has triggered massive increases in unemployment … increase in unemployment by introducing or expanding jobs in the so-called second labour market by means of direct job … the fiscal scope and the increase in youth unemployment were the decisive predictors for direct job-creation measures …