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PARIS — The plight of youth unemployment in developed economies is so severe it has prompted the OECD to call for more government intervention, possibly including paying companies to hire.

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It also said on Tuesday that governments should not roll back minimum welfare schemes and should reallocate, where possible, budgets towards programmes designed to get people back in work.

Unveiling its 2013 employment outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said joblessness was likely to remain high in its 34 developed member states through most of next year.

But speaking to Reuters after the report’s release, the group’s head of employment policy, Stefano Scarpetta, warned particularly of a growing emergency over youth unemployment.

“We are pushing for bold action to stimulate job creation for young people, even unorthodox measures that you don’t necessarily consider in normal times, like some subsidies for hiring at companies,” Scarpetta told Reuters.