Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies
In Belgium youth unemployment is structurally higher than the European (EU27) average, in particular for the low educated. In this study we set a diagnosis of the main structural factors and advance key remedies. We analyze the system of employment protection, education and passive and active labor market policies. A high minimum wage, a strict separation between school and work, and a vertically segmented schooling system with high retention rates and too early tracking are identified as main causal factors. Strict employment protection legislation is only concern for high-skilled youth. Redu... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
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Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J24 / J38 / J68 / youth unemployment / employment protection / education / active and passive labor market policies / Belgium / Jugendarbeitslosigkeit / Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte / Arbeitsmarktpolitik / Belgien |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27384516 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/91806 |