How Does Debt Shape Youth’s Labor Market Transitions? - The Roles of Job Search Failure and Job Search Motivation -

March 31, 2026Social Welfare PolicyOpen Access

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This research aims to clarify how youth debt affects labor market transitions through job search failure and motivation.
Utilized youth panel survey data from 2021-2023 (YP2021), comprising 1,522 university graduates.
Employed survival analysis to examine the relationship between debt and first job acquisition timing.
Applied causal mediation analysis to investigate the pathways of job search failure and motivation.
Youth with debt experienced shorter job search durations for first employment.
Debtors showed lower job search motivation, increasing the likelihood of secondary labor market transitions.
Increased job search failure among youth with debt did not significantly affect their secondary labor market transition rates.

Examines debt's influence on job search outcomes in youth, suggesting integrative support is needed.

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Yongho Lee (2026) studied this question.

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