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Demographic dividend has been wasted in Brazil

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BRAZIL

In much of the world, COVID-19 has exacted a heavy toll on young people, who saw their education disrupted and were frequently the first victims of the impact on labour markets…

Spain's labour market will remain source of fragility

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SPAIN

Spain's labour market.

Lower US income inequality will shift policy narrative

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UNITED STATES

For the last two decades income inequality among workers has widened in the United States and become a significant political issue. However, the tight post-COVID-19 labour market…

Exclusion will alienate Central-East European young

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EUROPE

Central-Eastern Europe's younger generation: frustrated but not yet radical.

Growth alone will not solve EU youth unemployment

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EU

Youth unemployment in the EU is higher than overall unemployment, and high by international standards. Since 2008, the economic downturn has been the main aggravating factor…

Young Russians are angry but not opposition-minded

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RUSSIA

Surveys suggest that young people's motives for demonstrating were not so much support for Navalny as a general statement of dissatisfaction with a state out of touch with their…

Dependency ratios overstate economic impacts of ageing

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INTERNATIONAL

The standard measure of the challenge -- the ratio of the non-working-age population to those of working age -- can vary considerably from the actual number of non-workers to…

Young people’s anxieties may affect Turkish politics

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TURKEY

Some 13 million voters will be in the 18-27 age group when the next presidential and parliamentary elections take place, unless they are called early. About half will be voting…

Colombia’s high emigration rates will continue

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COLOMBIA

While the country has received record intakes of Venezuelans escaping the political and economic crisis there, net outflows of Colombians have risen since the end of…

Online disinformation is greater risk for older users

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INT

The growing numbers of senior citizens in the United States, their rapidly increasing adoption of social media and their high levels of voter turnout make their vulnerability to…