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The Submerged Economy as a Trap and a Buffer: Comparative Evidence on Long-Term Youth Unemployment and the Risk of Social Exclusion in Southern and Northern Europe

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The following considerations constitute a summarised account of the YUSEDER research project’s results (Kieselbach, 2000a, 2000b; Kieselbach et al., 2001; La Rosa & Kieselbach, 1999) with regard to one specific aspect of youth unemployment: that is, the role played by the submerged economy in regard to the risk of social exclusion of long-term unemployed young people.

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Borghi, V., Kieselbach, T. (2012). The Submerged Economy as a Trap and a Buffer: Comparative Evidence on Long-Term Youth Unemployment and the Risk of Social Exclusion in Southern and Northern Europe. In: Kieselbach, T., Mannila, S. (eds) Unemployment, Precarious Work and Health. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94345-9_14

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