NPR: youth unemployment https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=327406987 youth unemployment en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:23:20 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: youth unemployment https://www.npr.org/tags/327406987/youth-unemployment Why Tunisians are now risking their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe Twelve years after a revolution that overthrew a dictator Tunisians are leaving the country in droves in the midst of a socio-economic crisis and political instability. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:03:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142418932/tunisians-risking-their-lives-trying-to-cross-the-mediterranean-to-europe https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142418932/tunisians-risking-their-lives-trying-to-cross-the-mediterranean-to-europe

Twelve years after a revolution that overthrew a dictator Tunisians are leaving the country in droves in the midst of a socio-economic crisis and political instability.

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]]> Leila Fadel Ciao, Italia: Why Italy's Youth are Leaving in Droves Italy's young workers have been leaving for decades. One of them worked for Planet Money last winter. Here's what it's like to leave a stagnant economy in a country you love. Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:46:56 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/02/18/807025154/ciao-italia-why-italys-youth-are-leaving-in-droves https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/02/18/807025154/ciao-italia-why-italys-youth-are-leaving-in-droves

Italy's young workers have been leaving for decades. One of them worked for Planet Money last winter. Here's what it's like to leave a stagnant economy in a country you love.

]]> Bianca Giacobone 5 Cool Things That Could Make The World A Better Place By 2030 The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place. Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:53:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/15/712653034/no-fake-drugs-more-jobs-for-youth-end-child-sexual-abuse-online-a-vision-for-203 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/15/712653034/no-fake-drugs-more-jobs-for-youth-end-child-sexual-abuse-online-a-vision-for-203

The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.

]]> Marc Silver A 'Lost Generation Of Workers': The Cost Of Youth Unemployment Youth joblessness remains remarkably high across the country, threatening long-term trouble for young people's career trajectories, earning potential and the overall health of the economy. Wed, 02 Jul 2014 04:11:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2014/07/02/327058018/a-lost-generation-of-workers-the-cost-of-youth-unemployment https://www.npr.org/2014/07/02/327058018/a-lost-generation-of-workers-the-cost-of-youth-unemployment

Youth joblessness remains remarkably high across the country, threatening long-term trouble for young people's career trajectories, earning potential and the overall health of the economy.

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