Reducing youth unemployment and generating more and better youth employment opportunities are key policy challenges …

This study reviews the evidence on the impact of youth employment programs on labor market outcomes. The analysis looks … evaluation results from youth employment programs implemented worldwide show a significant positive impact on labor market … outcomes - either employment rates or earnings. In general, programs have been more successful in middle- and low …

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation … innovative measures are thus needed, we evaluate a German pilot program that ta rgets low-skilled young unemployed and combines …-randomization approach, our analysis shows that the program has a positive impact on the post-program employment probability of participants. …

This study reviews the evidence on the labor market impact of youth employment programs. We analyze the effectiveness …-third of youth employment program evaluations worldwide show a significant positive impact on labor market outcomes - either … employment rates or earnings. In general, programs have been more successful in middle- and low-income countries; this may be …

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation … measures are thus needed, we evaluate a German pilot program that targets low-skilled young unemployed and combines three …, our analysis shows that the program has a positive impact on the post-program employment probability of participants …

short-run treatment effects on a comprehensive set of outcomes including employment and earnings as well as measures of … personality traits and risk behavior. We find positive short-run employment and earnings impacts five months after the program …

short-run treatment effects on a comprehensive set of outcomes including employment and earnings as well as measures of … personality traits and risk behavior. We find positive short-run employment and earnings impacts five months after the program …