The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region shows high levels of unemployment rates among youth and the rate of … youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) is also among the highest in the world. In this context, one of the … more obvious reactions of youth facing unmet aspirations in the labour market is migration. The objective of the paper is …

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. …