Published : 2013-12-02

Youth Unemployment in the European Union

Mieczysław Kowerski



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In this paper the Hodrick-Prescott filter method is used to calculate trends of the unemployment rates in the years 2000–2013 in European Union countries. In the last 5 years the high increase of the level and the unemployment rates was observed in most EU countries. This increase was higher among youth than older people. An especially high increase is observed among young people with a low level of education. The changes in unemployment among young people in Poland are compared to Austria — the country with the lowest rate of unemployment and Greece — the country with the highest rate of unemployment were analyzed in detail.

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European Union, unemployment rate, Hodrick-Prescott filter


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Kowerski, M. (2013). Youth Unemployment in the European Union. Regional Barometer. Analyses & Prognoses, 11(3), 47–67. https://doi.org/10.56583/br.1113

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