There was a somewhat related discussion a while back; you might find it interesting if you missed it. Granted, it's for a different demographic (25+ US citizens

There was a somewhat related discussion a while back; you might find it interesting if you missed it. Granted, it's for a different demographic (25+ US citizens), and doesn't cover the gender aspect, just education level. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2525621 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2525621 There was also another discussion earlier today on youth unemployment in the US: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2730268 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2730268 which argued that youth unemployment is related to the 55+ demographic retiring later (as opposed to minimum wage laws).