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Transitions In and Out of Unemployment among Young People in the Irish Recession

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  • Elish Kelly

    (1] The Economic and Social Research Institute, Whitaker Square, Sir. John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland[2] Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland)

  • Seamus McGuinness

    (1] The Economic and Social Research Institute, Whitaker Square, Sir. John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland[2] Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland[3] National Institute of Labor Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)

  • Philip J O’connell

    (UCD Geary Institute, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland)

  • David Haugh

    (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France)

  • Alberto GonzÁlez Pandiella

    (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2, rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France)

Abstract

Young people have been hit hard by unemployment during the Irish recession. While much research has been undertaken to study the effects of the recession on overall labour market dynamics, little is known about the specific effects on youth unemployment and the associated challenges. This paper attempts to fill this gap by comparing the profile of transitions to work before the recession (2006) and as the economy began to emerge from the recession (2011). The results indicate that the rate of transition of young people from unemployment to employment fell dramatically. The fall is not due to changes in the composition or the characteristics of the unemployed group but to changes in the external environment. These changes imply that the impact of certain individual characteristics changed over the course of the recession. In particular, for youth, education and nationality have become more important for finding a job in Ireland.

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  • Elish Kelly & Seamus McGuinness & Philip J O’connell & David Haugh & Alberto GonzÁlez Pandiella, 2014. "Transitions In and Out of Unemployment among Young People in the Irish Recession," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 56(4), pages 616-634, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:56:y:2014:i:4:p:616-634
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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
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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