Publications on youth employment

  1. What are the effects of job polarization on skills distribution of young workers in developing countries?

    10 November 2016

    One of the most discussed topics in the domain of labour economics during the last couple of decades has been the polarization of employment in industrialized countries, namely the growth of high and low paying jobs and the decline of jobs paying wages around the middle of the wage distribution.

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

    21 July 2016

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

    21 July 2016

  4. Jobs and skills for youth: review of policies for youth employment of the Russian Federation

    21 August 2015

  5. Skills mismatch in Europe: Statistics brief

    24 October 2014

    This Statistics Brief analyzes the incidence of overeducation and undereducation (skills mismatch) in a sample of European economies. Mismatch patterns are shown to depend strongly on the measure of mismatch that is adopted, but overeducation is increasing and undereducation is decreasing on at least one measure in at least half of the countries for which such trends can be assessed. Differences in skills mismatch risk between age groups and sexes are discussed, and country-specific trends are identified.

  6. G20: Promoting better labour market outcomes for youth

    09 September 2014

    Joint ILO-OECD background paper on youth employment and apprenticeship prepared for the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting held in Melbourne, Australia, 10-11 September 2014.

  7. Taqeem Community of Practice: Monitoring, evaluation and impact evaluation for the youth employment community

    30 November 2011

    This report provides an overview of the Taqeem Community of Practice and describes Taqeem’s approach to M&E and its technical assistance model