In this introduction to the symposium, we review the key determinants of youth unemployment in order to better understand the theoretical and empirical framework of the four papers in the symposium. In addition, we briefly discuss some recent evidence on the youth unemployment rate and NEET...

This paper assesses the impact of the recent crisis on the NEET (neither in employment or education or training) rate and the youth unemployment rate in EU regions. We use Eurostat data for the 2000–2010 period and focus on changes in both indices from 2000–2008 to 2009–2010. Employing...

Cet article s’intéresse à l’impact des crises financières sur la participation des femmes sur le marché du travail et sur le taux de chômage féminin. Après avoir passé en revue la littérature sur le sujet, nous présentons de nouveaux résultats économétriques sur l’impact des...

This paper explores whether and to what extent inward FDI is able to affect regional employment, a complex issue often discussed in policy debates but still scarcely explored in the scientific literature. The paper addresses the following research questions: i) Is regional (sub-national)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR). The authors consider different types of financial crises (systemic banking crises, non-systemic banking crises, currency crises and debt crises) and different groups of...

In this paper, we have empirically assessed the evolution of European regions in terms of both employment and unemployment during the recent financial crisis and Global Recession. Our specific research questions were as follows: (i) has there been a reversal in employment and unemployment...