Youth unemployment rate and impact of financial crises

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-95

  Choudhry, Misbah Tanveer ^a   Marelli, Enrico ^b   Signorelli, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arellano Bond estimates; Econometrics; Economic depression; Financial crises; Labour impact of economic crises; Labour market; Panel fixed effects; Unemployment; Youth; Youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858420225     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721211212538     Document Type: Review

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