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Promoting Youth Employment in Europe: Evidence-Based Policy Lessons

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Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. Based on the existing empirical evidence on different policy options, this chapter draws lessons for future policymaking in order to effectively promote youth employment in Europe. In conclusion, one should not be overly optimistic by expecting any short-term remedies. Although effective policy tools are available, they largely require forward-looking structural reforms.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Throughout this paper, we use the UN youth definition (15–24 years) and the ILO unemployment definition (see, e.g., O’Higgins 1997, for a discussion of both issues).

  2. 2.

    This chapter is based on earlier work by the authors, in particular Eichhorst and Rinne (2015a) and Eichhorst and Rinne (2015b).

  3. 3.

    There is no specific data for youth-related programmes.

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Eichhorst, W., Rinne, U. (2018). Promoting Youth Employment in Europe: Evidence-Based Policy Lessons. In: Malo, M., Moreno Mínguez, A. (eds) European Youth Labour Markets. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68222-8_13

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