Incentives to youth employment in the context of public employment and social protection policies

Abstract

The employment of young people has always been a challenge for employment policies, especially in times of crisis and high unemployment, with youth unemployment rates that double the average of adult population. In terms of labour policies for activation of the labour market, all governments that have occurred in Spain have focused their efforts betting on economic incentives that mostly involve a reduction in social security costs but whose effectiveness is not evident in the short and long term.