Jobless youth will have big cost for world economy
Youth joblessness is stubbornly high through much of the developed world ` and that underutilized capital will take a big bite out of long-term economic growth in many countries.
The most extreme case is Ireland, where about 30 per cent of young people are without work. A new paper by senior economist Martin Schwerdtfeger of Toronto-Dominion Bank estimates the impact of that joblessness will amount to about 12 per cent of GDP over the next two decades. Spain and Greece come next, with lower ` but still `significant` impacts at more than 6 per cent.