| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
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| Series Title | At a Glance |
| Publication Date | 17/06/2014 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Summary: Since 2008, youth unemployment has increased rapidly. Moreover, the gap between the Member States with the highest and lowest rates of unemployed young people remains particularly high . Today, there is a difference of more than 50 percentage points between Germany - the Member State with the lowest rate of youth unemployment (7.7% in 2013) - and Greece, with the highest (58.1%). The next highest rates are in Spain (54.8%), Croatia (49.5%), Cyprus (41.9%), Italy (39.7%) and Portugal (37.8%). To support youth employment measures at national and regional level, the European Union launched the “Youth Employment Initiative” in 2013. |
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| Source Link | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/bibliotheque/briefing/2014/140825/LDM_BRI(2014)140825_REV1_EN.pdf |
| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research, Employment and Social Affairs, Geography |
| Keywords | Youth Employment Initiative [YEI] |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
