Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. Based on the existing …

This paper assesses the current situation of youth unemployment in the European Union. In this context, the main …

the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher … accounting for the effects of unemployment on individual wages using EU-SILC data. Across countries we find a high variation of … the effect of education on unemployment duration. Overall, the returns to education are estimated to be the highest in the …