Youth Unemployment in Southern Europe

João Leão () and Guida Nogueira
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João Leão: Office for Strategy and Studies (GEE), Portuguese Ministry of Economy; ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon
Guida Nogueira: Office for Strategy and Studies (GEE), Portuguese Ministry of Economy

No 51, GEE Papers from Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Keywords: Southern Europe; unemployment; youth unemployment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J13 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2013-12, Revised 2013-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-ias, nep-ltv, nep-mac and nep-ure
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