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Youth unemployment is rising in some economies. The OECD says the AI link is still thin.

The OECD reports record aggregate employment but weaker real wages in many member countries and rising unemployment among some younger workers.

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The evidence

What the reporting establishes

What happened

The OECD reports record aggregate employment but weaker real wages in many member countries and rising unemployment among some younger workers.

Pressure point

The report says evidence that AI is driving the youth trend remains limited; cyclical conditions and longer-run skill shifts currently explain more.

What to watch

Entry-level hiring, occupation-level exposure, real wages, and whether longitudinal data begins to separate AI effects from the cycle.

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  1. OECDOECD job markets remain strong, but real wages are lagging

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