conditions for weak ties to be strong. -- Weak ties ; social networks ; youth employment …

of labor market outcomes for youth, and (2) explain the contributions of supply and demand factors to youth outcomes. The … paper shows that youth face various difficulties in transitioning to work. This is reflected in their relatively higher … unemployment rate, higher incidence of low paying or unpaid work, and a large share of youth who are neither working nor in school …

The youth population bulge is often mentioned in discussions of youth unemployment and unrest in developing countries …. But the youth share of the population has fallen rapidly in recent decades in most countries, and is projected to continue … to fall. Evidence on the link between youth bulges and youth unemployment is mixed. It should not be assumed that …

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 essay aims to discuss the conditions for a successful implementation of the European Youth Guarantee in Italy. In …