Abstract

A prolonged economic downturn following the health crisis could develop significant negative consequences for youth labour markets. Young adults are a particularly vulnerable group in the labour market. Unemployment and job insecurity have adverse consequences for income security, mental health and wellbeing. Spells of unemployment at the beginning of a career can have negative long-term consequences for future labour market prospects. The negative effects of joblessness hold for individuals and, through a spatial concentration of risk, also for communities. To inform and evaluate labour market policy programmes, this project will track and examine the dynamics of youth joblessness and its antecedents across the UK and Germany