Analysis of youth unemployment indicates: (i) The ratio of youth-adult rates exhibits a u-shaped pattern, declining markedly from 1976 to 1983, levelling off from 1984 to 1990, but rising sharply thereafter, mainly for teenagers; (ii) the pattern results from the combination of a relative...

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Worrying about possible future economic dangers subtracts from the present well-being of individuals, which is why affluent societies have complex systems of private insurance and public social protection to provide a degree of economic security. However, such protections are largely unavailable...

This article provides an introduction to the volume on the Canada-US umemployment rate gap. It is divided into three parts. The first examines comparative labour market trends in Canada and the United States. The second reviews the factors that have been advanced to explain the gap, categorizing...