Evaluation of the economic costs associated to the neet youth in Brazil

ABSTRACT The existence of millions of youths remain in the NEET status brings severe implications for the society and for the economy. Thus, this paper focuses on the main costs associated with the neet youth idleness through the Propensity Score Matching. The results reveal that the neet youths accounted for a cost of 0.6% of the GDP in 2015. Considering this significant annual cost and the increasing amount of neet youths in the last years, there is to be claimed for policies that hinder such a growing path in order to avoid severe economic and social losses in the long run.摘要：数百万青年长期处于NEET状态，这一现状对社会与经济均造成了严重影响。为此，本文采用倾向得分匹配法（Propensity Score Matching），聚焦于NEET青年闲置状态所关联的主要成本。研究结果显示，2015年NEET青年所带来的成本占国内生产总值（GDP）的0.6%。鉴于这一数额可观的年度成本，以及近年来NEET青年规模持续增长的态势，亟需出台相关政策以遏制这一增长趋势，从而避免长期内出现严重的经济与社会损失。