Youth employment crisis [electronic resource] : time for action.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office.

Series:

International Labour Conference 101st Session 2012, Report V

International Labour Conference 101st Session 2012. Report, 0074-6681 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Employment.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneve : International Labour Office, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Report submitted to the delegates of the 101st International Labour Conference for general discussion.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; A youth employment crisis of unprecedented proportions; The ILO and youth employment; The Conference's 2005 resolution: A call for comprehensive action; Taking up the new global challenge:Time for action; Structure and content of the report; Chapter 1 The youth employment crisis: Trends,characteristics and new challenges; 1.1. Trends in the youth population; 1.1.1. Diversity in the demographic challenge; Figure; 1.1. Regional distribution of the youth population, 2012; 1.2. Average annual youth population growth, world and regions, 1990-2050; Box

1.1 The three stages of demographic transition 1.1.2. Turning the demographic challenge into the youth "dividend"; 1.2. Trends in youth and labour markets; 1.2.1. Declining labour force participation; 1.2.2. Youth unemployment reaching unprecedented proportions; 1.3. Global youth and adult unemployment rates and youth unemployment, 1991-2012; 1.4. Global youth unemployment and unemployment rate, 1991-2012; 1.5. Youth unemployment rate by region, 1991-2012; 1.2.3. Lower quality jobs for youth: Working poverty,low pay and informality

1.6. Youth unemployment rates in selected countries, 2007 and 20111.7. Working poverty estimates, youth and adult cohorts, for selected countries; 1.8. Gap in labour force participation rates between working poor youth (below US1.25a day) and working youth (above US2 a day), for selected countries; 1.9. Percentage of young and adult workers in the informal economy in selected countries; 1.2.4. New challenges in youth transition to decent work; 1.10. Proportion of young temporary workers who could not find permanent employment in selected European countries, 2007 and 2010; Table

1.1. OECD average scoreboard for youth aged 15-24, 2000 and 20101.11. Official youth unemployment rates and adjusted rates accounting for reduced labour force participation, 2010; 1.3. The increasing polarization and widening disadvantages among young people; 1.12. Youth labour force participation rates by sex,1990 and 2011; 1.13. Youth unemployment rate (per cent), by sex and region,preliminary estimates for 2011; 1.4. Future prospects; Chapter 2 Decent work policies for youth:Key issues and lessons learnt; 2.1. Youth employment: A rising priorityin the national policy agendas; Box

2.1 Peru's national action plan for youth employment 2.2. The growth strategy, macroeconomic policy environment and youth employment; Figure; 2.1. Correlation between youth and adult unemployment rates, 2010; 2.2.1. Rethinking pro-employment macroeconomic policy frameworks; Table; 2.1. Examples of targeted interventions to promote jobs for young people:A demand-side perspective; 2.3. Education and training

2.2. Percentage point differences in the share of unemployed among the out-of-school population for those with less than upper secondary education and those with upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education, for 20-24 and 25-29 year-olds

Notes:

"Fifth item on the agenda."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-124500-4

OCLC:

809769141