All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Youth employment policy summary - Australia

Youth employment policy summary for Australia.

Youth employment policy summary - People's Republic of China

Youth employment policy summary for People's Republic of China.

Structural transformation to boost youth labour demand in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of agriculture, rural areas and territorial...

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 204

Youth employment policy summary - Indonesia

Youth employment policy summary for Indonesia.

Youth employment policy summary - Cambodia

Youth employment policy summary for Cambodia.

Boosting youth employment through public works

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 203

Independent evaluation of the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programmes, strategies and actions in the Western Balkans (2012-15)

ILO Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCPs) are the primary framework for delivering support to member countries in an effort to promote decent work as a key national development strategy. This high-level evaluation assesses the extent to which the...

Does the combination of vocational and business management training produce extra benefits?

Is there a case for front-loaded fiscal consolidation in Azerbaijan?

This paper critically reviews the case for fiscal consolidation in Azerbaijan by adopting a growth and employment perspective. It commences with a global and comparative context in order to point out that, since 2010, fiscal consolidation has become...

The role of internal migration in access to first job: A case study of Uganda

Does internal migration hasten labour market access for young women and men? This paper analyses data from the school-to-work transition survey in Uganda to address the topic. The main indicator used is the transition length to a first job with...

Employment and Decent Work in fragile situations: Pathways for peace and resilience

Strengthening national leadership through the Embedded Approach in Timor-Leste

This paper provides an overview of selected lessons learned from the ILO’s involvement in fragile Timor-Leste. In particular it focuses on the embedded approach and its significance for the sustained engagement of the ILO in Timor-Leste.

Work4Youth Publication Series

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Ukraine: Results of the 2013 and 2015 school-to-work transition surveys

This report presents the highlights of the 2015 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) run together with the Ukrainian Center for Social Reforms and the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies within the framework of the ILO Work4Youth...

Flagship report

World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Trends for Youth

The report provides updated figures on global and regional youth unemployment. It also looks at working poverty rates, decent work opportunities in both developed and developing economies as well as gender inequalities and migration trends among...

Flagship report

Summary of the 'World Employment and Social Outlook 2016: Trends for Youth'

The report provides updated figures on global and regional youth unemployment. It also looks at working poverty rates, decent work opportunities in both developed and developing economies as well as gender inequalities and migration trends among...

Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers - SafeYouth@Work - Project Brochure

Work4Youth Publication Series

Labour market transitions of young women and men in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Results of the 2015 school-to-work transition survey

This report presents the highlights of the 2015 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) run together with the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics within the framework of the ILO Work4Youth Project. Results are compared to those of the first...

Jobs and skills for youth: review of policies for youth employment of China

Jobs and skills for youth: review of policies for youth employment of Nepal

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in the Republic of Moldova

This report presents the highlights of two rounds of the School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2013 and 2015 in the Republic of Moldova.

Does the work-study combination among youth improve the transition path? An updated review

The present brief, following the one issued in November 2015, has attempted to revisit some of the results on the work-study combination of youth, using the new data from the School-to-work- transition surveys carried out in 2014/15. The main result...