Youth Employment Crisis in the Northeast Region in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The text analyzes the young labor market in the Northeast region of Brazil, in particular, during the pandemic crisis of covid-19. The literature shows that the decision conditioners of young labor market are reconfiguring, which has important impacts on the process of decision making of youth. So, using database from the National Survey (PNAD-continua), shows, as results, that levels of youth unemployment is quite high, in addition to another signs of precariousness, as low yields and idleness, facts enhanced by the social structure of the Northeast of Brazil