Youth unemployment: EU policies to tackle unemployment
Briefing
11-05-2012
More than 5.5 million young people (under 25 year old ) are currently unemployed in the EU. The unprecedented high level of youth unemployment (EU average 22.6% ) exacerbated with widespread precarious forms of work has put the issue of youth employment on the top of EU priorities.
Briefing
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- continuing education
- dropout
- economic conditions
- economic recovery
- ECONOMICS
- education
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- employment statistics
- EU employment policy
- EU growth strategy
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- financing and investment
- investment promotion
- job creation
- labour market
- teaching
- vocational education
- youth unemployment