Citation

Discussion Paper Details

Please find the details for DP11852 in an easy to copy and paste format below:

Full Details   |   Bibliographic Reference

Full Details

Title: The Wounds That Do Not Heal. The Life-time Scar of Youth Unemployment

Author(s): Gianni De Fraja, Sara Lemos and James Rockey

Publication Date: February 2017

Keyword(s): Lifetime earnings, Scarring effect and youth unemployment

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics and Public Economics

Abstract: This paper finds that unemployment shocks affect young workers for the rest of their lives. This scar of youth unemployment is concentrated in the first few years after entry in the labour market: one month of unemployment at age 18-20 cause a permanent income loss of 2%. However, unemployment after that age has no long term effect.

For full details and related downloads, please visit: https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11852

Bibliographic Reference

De Fraja, G, Lemos, S and Rockey, J. 2017. 'The Wounds That Do Not Heal. The Life-time Scar of Youth Unemployment'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11852