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Do Wage Subsidies Help Young Women Get Jobs?

Unemployment among young adults is a problem throughout the world, and it's of particular concern in the Middle East, where half the population is under the age of 25 and more than a quarter of those aged 15-24 are out of work. Young women far...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS COLLEGE GRADUATES COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EFFECTIVE POLICIES EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPOWERING WOMEN EXAMS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FINDING JOBS GOVERNMENT POLICIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY JOB CREATION JOB EXPERIENCE JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB-SEEKERS JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LEARNING LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT MARRIED WOMEN MENTAL HEALTH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PAYROLL TAXES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRIMARY CONCERN PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOB MARKET RESEARCHERS SCHOOLING SELF-CONFIDENCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING SOCIAL SECURITY TEACHING TRAINING PROGRAM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY DEGREE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES WAGE SUBSIDIES WAGE SUBSIDY WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS WAGES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17113065/wage-subsidies-help-young-women-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17059