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Evaluation of the economic costs associated to the neet youth in Brazil

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  • Maitê Rimekká Shirasu
  • Ronaldo de Albuquerque e Arraes

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The existence of millions of youths remain in the NEET status brings severe implications for the society and for the economy. Thus, this paperfocuseson the main costs associated with the neet youthidleness through thePropensity Score Matching. The results reveal that the neetyouths accounted for a cost of 0.6% of the GDP in 2015. Considering this significant annual cost and the increasing amount of neet youths in the last years, there is to be claimed for policies that hinder such a growing path in order to avoid severe economic and social losses in the longrun. JEL Classification: E24; I28; J17; J18; C54.

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  • Maitê Rimekká Shirasu & Ronaldo de Albuquerque e Arraes, 2020. "Evaluation of the economic costs associated to the neet youth in Brazil," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 40(1), pages 161-182.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:40:y:2020:i:1:p:161-182:id:131
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    Keywords

    Neet youth; economic costs; policy evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • C54 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Quantitative Policy Modeling

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