Study
Revisiting the challenge of youth employment in the Caribbean
This 1999 Study: "Revisiting the Challenge of Youth Employment: case studies of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago” updates an earlier study which was conducted in 1996 (Pantin, 1996).
The 1999 Study was guided by five (5) specific Terms of Reference:
1. Define the concept of youth and the state of youth employment in the context of the Caribbean;
2. Identify the trends and likely future patterns in the size, characteristics and significance of youth employment, unemployment and underemployment in the Caribbean;
3. Identify and discuss some of the underlying causes of youth unemployment/underemployment and the consequences for youth and society. The study will take into account labour market conditions as well as social and economic factors;
4. Examine and evaluate a sampling of remedial measures identified in the earlier study of youth employment carried out in 1996 and recent measures adopted, particularly in Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, to alleviate employment problems;
5. Make policy and programming recommendations regarding actions to be taken to promote employment (wage and self-employment) with particular reference to the needs of youth in the sub-region. This section should take into account and analyze recommendations from the earlier studies and position papers on youth employment. In this regards the impact in the Caribbean of the following strategies on youth employment and assess the effective types of schemes which have the greatest potential for youth employment in this region:
1. Define the concept of youth and the state of youth employment in the context of the Caribbean;
2. Identify the trends and likely future patterns in the size, characteristics and significance of youth employment, unemployment and underemployment in the Caribbean;
3. Identify and discuss some of the underlying causes of youth unemployment/underemployment and the consequences for youth and society. The study will take into account labour market conditions as well as social and economic factors;
4. Examine and evaluate a sampling of remedial measures identified in the earlier study of youth employment carried out in 1996 and recent measures adopted, particularly in Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, to alleviate employment problems;
5. Make policy and programming recommendations regarding actions to be taken to promote employment (wage and self-employment) with particular reference to the needs of youth in the sub-region. This section should take into account and analyze recommendations from the earlier studies and position papers on youth employment. In this regards the impact in the Caribbean of the following strategies on youth employment and assess the effective types of schemes which have the greatest potential for youth employment in this region:
Additional details
Author(s)
- Dennis A. Pantin, ILO Caribbean Office