Off to a Good Start? Jobs for Youth by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Selling a delicate transition from institution to paintings, and making sure that adolescence are given the possibilities to maneuver on of their careers and lives, have lengthy been problems with primary significance for our economies and societies. this day, they're much more urgent demanding situations because the worldwide financial system emerges from the worst obstacle of the previous 50 years. certainly, kids have borne a lot of the brunt of the new jobs situation. The adolescence unemployment expense is forthcoming 20% within the OECD quarter, with approximately four million extra adolescence one of the unemployed than on the finish of 2007.  The preliminary adventure within the labour industry has a profound impact on later operating existence. Getting off to an excellent commence allows early life integration into the realm of labor and lays the root for a great occupation, whereas it may be tricky to seize up after an preliminary failure. specifically, the roles difficulty is probably going to depart long-lasting scarring results on many of the present iteration of school-leavers, really in the event that they face a number of negative aspects, resembling having low talents and likewise coming from a deprived background.  Tackling the adolescence jobs predicament calls for a robust dedication from all: the adolescence themselves, the govt via well-targeted and powerful coverage measures, social companions notwithstanding their participation within the discussion, and different key actors resembling academics, practitioners and fogeys who can rather make a distinction to making an investment in youth.  This record makes an enormous contribution to a brand new time table of youth-friendly employment regulations and practices. It analyses the location of minor employment and unemployment within the context of the roles predicament and identifies profitable coverage measures in OECD international locations. however it additionally discusses structural reforms in schooling and within the labour industry which may facilitate the transition from institution to paintings. The record attracts on either contemporary information and the most classes that emerged from the sixteen kingdom experiences performed as a part of the OECD Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes programme.

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Diversity of youth labour market outcomes across individual countries 1. Employment and unemployment As far as youth employment and unemployment are concerned, there are significant differences across individual OECD countries. 5% in Korea to a high of 19% in Spain. 2. Youth unemployment and employment indicators differ across countries, 2009a Percentages A. Unemployment to population ratiob B. Unemployment ratec NLD CHE JPN NOR KOR AUT MEX DEU DNK AUS ISR SVN CAN ISL NZL CZE LUX USA OECD GBR PRT POL EU19 FIN BEL CHL FRA SWE TUR ITA GRC IRL HUN SVK EST ESP KOR JPN ISR MEX CZE NLD NOR CHE LUX SVN DEU AUT HUN POL BEL ITA CHL PRT GRC AUS DNK OECD SVK EU19 FRA TUR CAN USA NZL FIN EST ISL GBR SWE IRL ESP 0 5 10 15 20 a) Data for Israel refer to 2008.

Unemployment to population ratiob B. Unemployment ratec NLD CHE JPN NOR KOR AUT MEX DEU DNK AUS ISR SVN CAN ISL NZL CZE LUX USA OECD GBR PRT POL EU19 FIN BEL CHL FRA SWE TUR ITA GRC IRL HUN SVK EST ESP KOR JPN ISR MEX CZE NLD NOR CHE LUX SVN DEU AUT HUN POL BEL ITA CHL PRT GRC AUS DNK OECD SVK EU19 FRA TUR CAN USA NZL FIN EST ISL GBR SWE IRL ESP 0 5 10 15 20 a) Data for Israel refer to 2008. b) Unemployed as a percentage of the population. c) Unemployed as a percentage of the labour force. d) Employed as a percentage of the population.

OFF TO A GODD START? JOBS FOR YOUTH © OECD 2010 CHAPTER 2. THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE – 35 CHAPTER 2 The youth employment challenge Young people are a vital asset in all OECD countries. But there are significant crosscountry differences in terms of the labour market situation of the youth population. There is also considerable heterogeneity among young people, which needs to be factored into any strategy to improve their employment prospects. Some countries have done much better than others in reducing the impact of the crisis on youth joblessness and appear much better placed for the recovery.

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