A two-speed economy for Europe's youth

A two-speed economy for Europe's youth

Press quote (Reuters)
02 April 2012

In an article written for the CER, John Springford lays the problem out clearly. In EU countries where rates of unemployment are high levels of participation in higher education and vocational studies is approximately 40 per cent. In Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark and Finland, where youth unemployment is fairly low, rates are closer to 60 per cent in some cases.