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The situation of young people on the labour market has clearly improved between 2016 and 2017. According to the latest KOF Youth Labour Market Index, Switzerland reaches the highest index score across Europe. Denmark drops to the second rank, but still shows a highly satisfactory situation on the youth labour market. With respect to the previous year, large improvements stem from the Eastern European countries, especially Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

Is the high level of the skills mismatch in the United Kingdom comparable with the high level in Germany? The special analysis in the new release of the KOF Labour Market Index provides an answer to this. The investigation shows that there can be various causes for an identical Skills Mismatch Rate. In order to identify an appropriate way of dealing with a skills mismatch within given country, it is necessary to consider the individual components of the indicator.