The impact of the economic and financial crisis on youth employment: Measures for labour market recovery in the European Union, Canada and the United States

Introduction -- Recent trends in youth employment and unemployment -- Overall trends Youth unemployment and adult unemployment rates -- Long-term unemployment -- Education, labour demand and the crisis -- Temporary employment -- Which indicators – unemployment and joblessness -- Policies to mitigate the effects of the crisis on young people -- An early assessment of the policy response to the crisis