Educated youth unemployment is crucial issue for developing countries. The social and economic costs of unemployment at individual, household and national level are universal. But there are few studies on unemployment duration when the individuals start jobs and its determinants in developing countries. We have analyzed the determinants of unemployment for first time jobs seekers, taking primar...

The potential stock of human capital among youth is a leading factor for accelerating the economic growth country via maximising full capacity utilisation. main purpose this study to identify factors influencing unemployment in Sri Lanka using subsample 3,562 youths derived from Labour Force Survey, 2018. Findings stemmed binary logistic regression analysis revealed that skill mismatch, includi...

Every day, acts of violence injure more than 6000 people in the United States. Despite decades of social science arguing that joblessness among disadvantaged youth is a key cause of violent offending, programs to remedy youth unemployment do not consistently reduce delinquency. This study tests whether summer jobs, which shift focus from remediation to prevention, can reduce crime. In a randomi...