The Impact of Youth Unemployment Policy: A Shift of Workers into the Skilled Labour Force

Birthe Larsen; Trine Filges

doi:10.1111/j.1121-7081.2004.00270.x

The Impact of Youth Unemployment Policy: A Shift of Workers into the Skilled Labour Force

Birthe Larsen
, Trine Filges

Department of Economics

SFI – Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact on unemployment, wages, distribution and welfare of Youth Unemployment Programmes (YUPs). The aim of YUPs is to increase the number of young people acquiring skills and thereby reduce unemployment. We consider the assumption of a completely successful YUP, which delivers higher skills, and analyse what happens when the number of skilled workers increases relative to the number of unskilled workers. The analysis uses a search model with heterogeneous workers and jobs.

Original language	English
Journal	LABOUR
Volume	18
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	379-414
Number of pages	36
ISSN	1121-7081
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1121-7081.2004.00270.x
Publication status	Published - 2004

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