Covid-19: how youth unemployment is taking on worrying new patterns

Abstract

"Despite economic and institutional differences between the two countries, youth unemployment figures in both the UK and Germany rose during the Covid-19 pandemic and reached a peak in August 2020. Since then, they have generally gone down in both countries. Three aspects are important in this regard: the total number of unemployed youth, the pattern of how young people enter into unemployment, and the length of time they remain unemployed. Our new analysis shows that not only have more young people lost their jobs, they have also spent more time out of work. Despite these similar patterns, youth unemployment in the UK has remained consistently higher than in Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Dietrich, H., Henseke, G., Achatz, J., Anger, S., Christoph, B. & Patzina, A. (2021): Covid-19: how youth unemployment is taking on worrying new patterns. In: IOE blog / University College London. Institute of Education No. 05.08.2021 London, o. Sz.