Thus, the level of minimum wages is potentially important for the employment of young workers. In fact, many countries have reduced minimum wages for young workers, for example, 80% of the minimum wage. A reduced minimum wage is, however, meaningful only in countries where there is a significant share of workers working at the minimum wage (for example in France).
One wage related measure is to reduce the employers’ social contributions to targeted groups, such as low-productivity workers (often young), to promote employment of young persons. This is on the other hand has to take into account the losses to public finances caused by the reduction and substitute them from other sources.