Employment trends for youth

The report emphasises that today's youth face serious vulnerabilities in the world of work and warns that a lack of decent work, if experienced at an early age, may permanently compromise their future employment prospects. The report adds urgency to the United National (UN) call for development of strategies aimed at giving young people a chance to maximise their productive potential through decent employment. This report provides empirical research as well as quantitative assessments of the realities of youth labour markets to build an analytical starting block from which countries can identi ... Show more

Authors: Elder, Sara; Schmidt, Dorothea

Corporate authors: International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Published: Geneva, Switzerland, ILO, 2006

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 52 p.

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Subjects: YouthLabour marketOutcomesPolicyEmployment

Keywords: TrendPolicy formationTransition from education and training to employmentEntry into working life

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