The employment rate for
15-35-year-olds in Italy was 39.9% in 2016, down 10.4 percentage
points with respect to at the start of the economic crisis in
2008, according to a government report released on Monday.
The unemployment rate for 55-64-year-olds, on the other hand,
rose 16 points to 50.3%, the report said.
It added that there had been some signs of the negative trend
for under-35s reversing over the last two years, with the
employment rate rising by 0.1 and 0.7 of a point in 2015 and
2016 respectively.
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