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Purpose: Youth unemployment is one of the important socio-economic problems in Turkey. Previous studies on youth unemployment in Turkey focused specifically on the causes and economic influences of youth unemployment. Studies on the social consequences of youth unemployment are quite limited. This study aims to empirically examine whether youth unemployment in Turkey has an effect on other social problems such as crime, migration, suicide and divorce. Method: The data of 26 regions (NUTS-2) in Turkey were used for the period of 2004-2016. Causal relationships among the variables were analyzed using traditional panel regression –Panel ordinary least squares (OLS) - analysis and the second-generation panel causality –Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012)- test. Findings and Results: According to panel OLS estimation results, the effect of youth on crime, migration, suicide and divorce are positive and statistically significant. According to the Dumitrescu and Hurlin causality test results, youth unemployment is a cause of social problems such as migration, suicide and divorce. Thus, designing youth based employment policy in Turkey, more effective public policies must be applied.

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