Think for a moment about this chart and wonder as to effect that unemployment may have on young people.
Youth Unemployment in Europe - Will there be Social Consequences?
by fulltimestudent 2 Replies latest social current
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kaik
As you can see there is a huge gap between southern Europe and countries north of the Alps. The issue in the south is that entire generation is growing without gaining employable skills and working habits like waking up for work and having responsibilities. Also it is crucial that youth unemployment rate in USA is also high, officially around 13-15%, which is on level UK, but higher than Germany. Also the statistics should look overall entire workforce where labor participation in many EU countries is much higher than in USA. In Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, the number is about 70% for 18-65 year old, much higher than in USA where is hoovering around 60%. Actually, Germany has the highest labor participation rate since 1990. Czech Republic since 1994. Big issue in EU is the mobility, but USA youth labor force is skewed by such thing as much higher incarceration rate and higher military participation than in EU. -
fulltimestudent
kaik: The issue in the south is that entire generation is growing without gaining employable skills and working habits like waking up for work and having responsibilities.
Yes! And worse, that someone else is going to support them, whether its family or government!