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Youth Unemployment
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Last updated 10 Feb 2019
This topic video looks at trends in UK youth unemployment, some of the causes of a high youth jobless rate, the economic and social consequences and some of the policy options to help reduce the rate of long term youth unemployment in the British economy.
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Data update on youth unemployment in the UK (Autumn 2018)
The youth unemployment rate (the proportion of the economically active population who are unemployed) for 16-24 year olds was 11.1% in July-September 2018. This was down from 11.9% a year ago and is close to the lowest rate since comparable records began in 1992.
The #youth #unemployment rate remains above 30% in
— OECD Statistics (@OECD_Stat) January 16, 2019
🇮🇹 Italy (31.6%)
🇪🇸 Spain (34.1%)
🇬🇷 Greece (38.5% in October, the latest month available).
More #stats 👉https://t.co/1NuMmhg5Rb pic.twitter.com/eDin8S27ZE
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