Youth Unemployment:Lithuania

Registered unemployed youth 2003-2011

Young-adult jobless portrait 201213% of all register unemployed

EducationEducationCollege/University – 15%

Secondary – 57%

Primary – 20%

Elementary – 9%

WomenWomen - 42% Long-term jobless – 39%

MenMen – 57% Long-term jobless - 32%

Differences

Employers prefer young marriage man then woman!

ReasonReason:

Afraid of long

maternity leave

EffectsLithuania:

Minimum salary 300 EUR

Results of unemployment: emigration,suicide,theft, divorces, poverty

Policymaking

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