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- ISSN: 18151973 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
Youth Labour Market Performance in Spain and its Determinants
A Micro-Level Perspective
This paper provides both descriptive and empirical evidence about the main youth labour market problems
in Spain. Using the experiences of other EU economies as a benchmark, we document the performance of
Spain as regards a wide set of youth labour market dimensions. These include employment and
unemployment rates, youth wages, decisions to work and study, youth mobility, type of employment
contract, time to find a first job, skill mismatch, etc. Cross-country econometric evidence from different
micro-datasets is reported to understand the role played by several underlying supply/demand factors
which might explain the difficulties faced by the Spanish youth labour market
(www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Spain).
Keywords: youth labour market youth mobility, youth unemployment, duality, job search, youth employment, overqualification, skill mismatch, Spain
JEL:
J30: Labor and Demographic Economics / Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs / Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General;
J60: Labor and Demographic Economics / Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers / Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General;
J40: Labor and Demographic Economics / Particular Labor Markets / Particular Labor Markets: General;
J20: Labor and Demographic Economics / Demand and Supply of Labor / Demand and Supply of Labor: General
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