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October 1984

A comparison of youth unemployment in Australia and the United States

Allan Borowski

Once remarkably low, youth joblessness in Australia has risen steadily with recession and the end of the long postwar period of labor scarcity; recent unemployment rates rival the high rates among U.S. youth.

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