The limits on training exports

Labour market prospects of young Southern Europeans are highly dependent on the economic climate

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According to the latest Eurostat harmonised unemployment figures for under 25-year-olds, countries with dual systems of initial vocational training are doing well. Between 2007 and 2013 German youth unemployment fell from 11.9 to 7.9 per cent. In the countries of Southern Europe, on the other hand, it rose several times over. Nevertheless, it is simplistic to conclude from that alone that better initial vocational training would improve labour market prospects for young Southern Europeans.