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Promoting Youth Employment During COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses

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  • Eichhorst, Werner

    (IZA)

  • Marx, Paul

    (University of Bonn)

  • Rinne, Ulf

    (IZA)

  • Brunner, Johannes

    (IZA)

Abstract

Economic and social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis have particularly affected younger people, and therefore policy should respond with measures, programmes and initiatives targeted at this population group. Next to broader labour market and economic measures, which ultimately also benefit younger people, youth-targeted measures are needed given the specific impacts of the pandemic and resulting challenges. Against this background, this policy brief gives an overview on actual policy responses in the area of youth employment during the COVID-19 crisis in 20 selected countries. If such measures are implemented, they share the common goals of reducing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on younger workers and avoiding long-term scarring effects. However, the precise nature, extent and scope of such measures substantially differ across countries. Given the fragility and large uncertainty of economic recovery that is still present in early 2022, broader policy support continues to be needed, including specific policy measures targeting youth.

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  • Eichhorst, Werner & Marx, Paul & Rinne, Ulf & Brunner, Johannes, 2022. "Promoting Youth Employment During COVID-19: A Review of Policy Responses," IZA Policy Papers 188, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    1. Sher Singh Verick, 2023. "The Challenge of Youth Employment: New Findings and Approaches," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 66(2), pages 421-437, June.
    2. Eichhorst, Werner & Marx, Paul & Rinne, Ulf & Brunner, Johannes, 2022. "Policy Sequences during and after COVID-19: A Review of Labour Market Policy Patterns," IZA Policy Papers 186, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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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
    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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