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Where next for global youth unemployment?

Graham Watson

10th June 2021

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Here is an excellent BBC Reality Check piece on youth unemployment in the time of coronavirus.

It compares global youth unemployment rates and explains why young people find it hard to get back into employment and the implications of a sustained period of unemployment for their future wage prospects.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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