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Social Investment And Youth Labor Market Participation

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  • Giulio Ecchia
  • Francesca Gagliardi
  • Caterina Giannetti

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In this paper, we first rely on small area techniques to derive from EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU‐SILC) survey new indicators of compensatory and social‐investment policies at regional level. While compensatory policies have mainly the goal of protecting individuals from “old” risks (e.g., old‐age), investment‐related social policies tend to focus more on “new social risks” (e.g., skill deficits). We rely on these new indicators to perform a data‐driven structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) analysis to investigate the causal relationships between youth labor market outcomes and these two types of spending. Our results support the view that social‐investment policies are effective for tackling new social challenges. (JEL C18, C54, E02)

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  • Giulio Ecchia & Francesca Gagliardi & Caterina Giannetti, 2020. "Social Investment And Youth Labor Market Participation," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 38(2), pages 343-358, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:38:y:2020:i:2:p:343-358
    DOI: 10.1111/coep.12446
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    JEL classification:

    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General
    • C54 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Quantitative Policy Modeling
    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy

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