Educated unemployed youth in Manipur

Does early intervention help the unemployed youth ?

This paper evaluates a measure targeted at unemployed individuals aged 20-24. The main purpose of the measure is to prevent long-term unemployment by guaranteeing an assignment to some labor market program within 100 days of unemployment. Municipalities voluntarily agree to offer the guarantee. To identify the effect of the measure, we use three conditions: The guarantee covers individuals aged...

Employment Situation, Social Capital, and Political Participation: A Survey of Unemployed and Precarious Youth in Geneva

This paper examines the relationships between employment status, social capital, and the political participation of young people. To do so, we compare young long-term unemployed, precarious youth, and regularly employed youth. These are three groups that have a different employment status, going from being totally integrated to being fully excluded from the labor market, passing through a sort ...

Yaws in Manipur

Knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards AIDS among educated youth in Lahore, Pakistan.

OBJECTIVE To assess the knowledge, attitude and behaviour regarding AIDS among educated young people in Lahore, Pakistan. METHODS An anonymous survey of 733 males and 355 females was carried out using structured questionnaire among educated youth, selected randomly from non-medical educational institutions and work places. RESULTS Knowledge on exsistance of AIDS in Pakistan was expressed by...

The mental health of unemployed Brussels youth: the role of social and material resources

BACKGROUND In the aftermath of the 2008 Great Recession, youth unemployment rates in the Brussels Capital Region (BCR) increased. The aim of this study is firstly to investigate the evolution of the mental health gap between employed and unemployed youth and secondly to examine the association of material and social resources with mental health of youth entering the labour market in the BCR. ...