In spring 2013, youth unemployment in the EU peaked and then declined sharply. Yet at least one in every six members of … the economically active population between age 15 and 24 in the EU is still unemployed, and the unemployment rate among … labor market has developed since 2013. The decline in unemployment was primarily caused both by a drop in the number of …

-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical evidence is mixed …

stones out of unemployment and are to be preferred to staying unemployed and waiting for a better job. …