Lost Opportunities: The Protracted Effects of the Pandemic on Youth and Young Adults

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No AccessMar 2023Lost Opportunities: The Protracted Effects of the Pandemic on Youth and Young AdultsAuthors/Editors: Norbert Schady and Joana SilvaNorbert SchadySearch for more papers by this author and Joana SilvaSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1901-8_ch4AboutView ChaptersFull TextPDF (1.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: Provides a comprehensive diagnostic of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human capital of young people ages 15–24, and identifies promising policy responses for governments by describing the ways in which the crisis affected youth human capital and providing estimates of the magnitude of the losses, primarily using microdata from labor force surveys for 12 countries. The pandemic led to a sharp reduction in employment and an uneven recovery globally, with some countries showing little sign of an improvement in youth employment. 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