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This paper examines the subjective treatment effects of a negative shock created by the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour …-level that were purposely collected from over 7,000 individuals to this aim. Our findings suggest that the shock denied …, are pushed into employment by the pandemic. This frequently comes at the expense of their education, hinting at youth …
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This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and Vietnam following the national lockdowns imposed in all three countries during 2020. We employ a mediation model to establish whether - and to what extent - commonly suggested...
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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 …
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This paper examines the youth guarantee programme introduced in Finland 2005. The reform consisted of early … the age threshold set at 25 years, we find that the youth guarantee moderately increased unsubsidized employment while … having a negligible impact on unemployment in the age range of 23-24. We also show that the positive impacts of the youth …
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This paper looks at youth labour market trends concentrating on developing and transition countries. Questions relating … particular, on the initiative of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General, the Youth Employment Network (YEN) was established. This is a … on problems related to youth employment and unemployment. This paper aims to provide a contribution to debate on the …
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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 …
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Every year millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper uses the Jobs of the World Database to compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are similar at similar levels of development but young...
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The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour market outcomes, by analysing unique, longitudinal...
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The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student’s schooling and early labour market outcomes, by analysing unique, longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140024
. 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 …
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