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Where next for global youth unemployment?
Graham Watson
10th June 2021
Here is an excellent BBC Reality Check piece on youth unemployment in the time of coronavirus.
It compares global youth unemployment rates and explains why young people find it hard to get back into employment and the implications of a sustained period of unemployment for their future wage prospects.
Covid: What do we know about global youth unemployment? https://t.co/q6Kecu2bhl
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) June 9, 2021
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Graham Watson
Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.
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