how to help the young
- Written by Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Even before COVID-19, young Australians were doing it hard in the labour market.
Slower economic growth and the increasing employment of older Australians since the global financial crisis had been crowding them out.
In recent research Michael Coelli and I estimate that crowding out reduced the proportion of young...