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The link between increasing retirement ages and youth employment

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Employment for people aged between 15 and 24 fell by almost 17% in six years. Image: REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Tito Boeri
Professor, Bocconi University
Pietro Garibaldi
Espen R. Moen
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