Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28961 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 09-070
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
According to our research, some 12% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected, i.e. not in school, unemployed, and not living with a partner. The percentage of disconnected youths has been on the rise since 2002. There is evidence that an adverse family environment is the most important variable for being disconnected. Early life adversity influences the development of cognitive and noncognitive skills as well as school and labour market outcomes. Macroeconomic factors also contribute to disconnectedness. Recessions are followed by an increase in the number of disconnected youth.
Subjects: 
Disconnected youth
unemployment
school failure
life adversity
JEL: 
D87
I12
I21
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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