Research : Iranian Youth in Times of Economic Crisis
The Dubai Initiative, Working Paper No 3, September 2010 - The economic recession has drastically reduced the economy’s ability to absorb new workers just as the number of young people entering the labor market reached its highest level ever. While the challenges facing youth are at an all time high, the major policy initiatives pushed by the Ahmadinejad administration address issues that have little to do with youth—reforming energy subsidies, offering incentives for families to have more children, and amending the family laws to tighten the conditions governing temporary marriage. These initiatives and a general form of policy paralysis following the political upheavals of last summer have prevented the government from addressing young people’s problems.
- Author/Editor
- Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
- Publishing Year
- 2010
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Working-Paper-3_Iran-Youth-Crisis.pdf
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