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 …

Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as … the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and … unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness - though when such policies prolong unemployment, the net effect on national …

Labor market conditions in Greece have severely deteriorated during the crisis, affecting youths the most. Using the …. Specifically, we test the relationship between youth labor outcomes and parental co-residence, whether this relationship has become … refuge both for jobless youth and for those in poorly paid, insecure jobs, and this role has intensified during the crisis …

their job? We utilize the Life Satisfaction Survey's individual-level data between the 2004-2020 period. The LSS survey is a … dissatisfied with their job, the unemployed's well-being is statistically significantly higher. Thus, it appears that unemployment … effects as males and particularly married males suffer more from unemployment. Also, a quarter of the unemployed report that …

this context, Spain is regarded as an extreme case, due to its exceptionally high youth unemployment rates. This article …Since the beginning of the recession period in Europe, unemployment has greatly affected the young adult population. In … with higher levels of unemployment and instability during the Great Recession than others. To do this, retrospective data …

non-employment are smaller during economic downturns or in regions with high unemployment rates …

In spring 2013, youth unemployment in the EU peaked and then declined sharply. Yet at least one in every six members of … the economically active population between age 15 and 24 in the EU is still unemployed, and the unemployment rate among … labor market has developed since 2013. The decline in unemployment was primarily caused both by a drop in the number of …

Albania and North Macedonia, as many countries in South-Eastern Europe, struggle with youth unemployment which is … employment. But statistics show that youth employment faces many challenges and has higher rates compared to other categories of … the population. Therefore it is the aim of this study to address a general panorama of the graduated youth employment and …