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Youth unemployment in Southern Europe

"The youth unemployment rate in Europe increased to very high levels after the great recession of 2008, reaching 23% in European Union and 45% in southern European countries. We examine the causes of the high youth unemployment rate which is consistently bigger than the overall unemployment rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Portugal. Ministry of Economy. Office for Strategy and Studiess, Leão, João, Nogueira, Guida
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Lisbon 2013
GEE
Subjects:
economic recession
statistics
youth unemployment
EU countries
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19121259124919494319-youth-unemployment-in-Southern.htm
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Summary:"The youth unemployment rate in Europe increased to very high levels after the great recession of 2008, reaching 23% in European Union and 45% in southern European countries. We examine the causes of the high youth unemployment rate which is consistently bigger than the overall unemployment rate. The empirical evidence shows that the youth unemployment rate depends crucially of the level of the overall unemployment rate and on the variation of the unemployment rate."
Physical Description:8 p.
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