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We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm …, Sweden, where public sector job offers were as good as randomly assigned. In contrast to previous studies evaluating SYEP …. Interestingly, the extensive margin (having a job) is not the critical factor. Instead, a SYEP job offer affects the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014542232
We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm …, Sweden, where public sector job offers were as good as randomly assigned. In contrast to previous studies evaluating SYEP …. Interestingly, the extensive margin (having a job) is not the critical factor. Instead, a SYEP job offer affects the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014490158
We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm …, Sweden, where public sector job offers were as good as randomly assigned. In contrast to previous studies evaluating SYEP …. Interestingly, the extensive margin (having a job) is not the critical factor. Instead, a SYEP job offer affects the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501062
Youth Employment Program (SYEP), the largest summer youth employment program in the U.S., by merging SYEP administrative … incarceration data. In assessing the three rationales, we find that: (1) SYEP participation causes average earnings and the … and employment; (2) SYEP participation causes a moderate decrease in average earnings for three years following the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030966
This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269692
This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935007
The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379505
This article reviews the effects of the Great Recession on youth labour markets. We argue that young people aged 16-24 have suffered disproportionately during the recession. Using the USA and UK as case studies, we analyse youth unemployment using microdata. We argue that there is convincing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009259467
The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120833
This article reviews the effects of the Great Recession on youth labour markets. We argue that young people aged 16-24 have suffered disproportionately during the recession. Using the USA and UK as case studies, we analyse youth unemployment using microdata. We argue that there is convincing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125470