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Paper for the Symposium On Strategies to Combat Youth Unemployment
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I. Executive Summary |
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II. Youth and the world of work: An economic and social overview |
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III. Youth in Labour Markets |
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IV. Youth Unemployment: Causes and Effects |
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V. Regional perspectives |
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1. Youth Labour Markets in OECD Countries |
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Changes in the Transition from School to Work |
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Evaluating the causes: wages, cohort size, changing industry structure, the rise in female participation rates, aggregate demand or other factors |
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Consequences of youth joblessness |
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2. Youth Labour Markets in the Transition Economies of the Former Soviet Union |
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3. Youth Labour Markets in Developing Countries |
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Latin America |
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Asia and Africa |
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VI. Youth Unemployment: The Policy Agenda |
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1. Introduction |
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2. Macroeconomic Policies |
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3. How have countries who have tried to make their labour markets more ‘flexible’ fared? |
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4. Minimum wages |
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5. Self-employment |
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6. Active labour market programmes |
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VII. Conclusions |
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VIII. Notes |
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IX. References |