Policy Brief No. 87: Youth Guarantee Take-up among Roma in Bulgaria
Policy Brief No. 87: Youth Guarantee Take-up among Roma in Bulgaria
Author(s): Lilia Yakova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Economic development, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Summary/Abstract: The economic crisis of 2008 led to a drastic rise in youth unemployment throughout the European Union (EU), which continues to have effects a decade after the crisis. According to latest statistical data, by the second half of 2018 around 3.5 million people aged 15-24 within the Union have been unemployed. In response to that, in 2013 the EU initiated the Youth Guarantee (YG). According to a study by the Center for the Study of Democracy and World Without Borders, carried out in 2018 and 2019, the YG has low outreach among Roma youth in Bulgaria.
Series: Center for the Study of Democracy - CSD Policy Briefs
- Page Count: 5
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
- Introduction