World report on child labour 2015 : paving the way to decent work for young people / International Labour Organization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Organization, author.

Series:

World Report on Child Labour

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child labor--Law and legislation.

Child labor.

Forced labor (International law).

Child welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Organization, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eliminating child labour, while a key policy goal in itself, is also a necessary starting point for achieving decent work for all. This second World Report on Child Labour highlights the close linkages between child labour and good youth employment outcomes, and the consequent need for unified policy approaches. The report presents empirical evidence of how child labour combined with limited education can lead to increased youth vulnerability and greater difficulties for young people in transiting to good jobs. This evidence integrates results from the ILO's School-to-Work Transition Survey, a

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Figure 1. Young persons who worked as children are more likely to be in unpaid family work or inlow-paying jobs; Figure 2. Early school leavers are generally at greater risk of remaining outside the world of work altogether; Figure 3. Early school leavers are less likely to secure stable jobs than their more-educated counterparts; Figure 4. Early school leavers take longer to find first jobs and stable jobs

Figure 5. A high share of adolescents in many countries hold jobs that are hazardous and therefore that constitute child labourFigure 6. Adolescents in hazardous work in fact constitute the majority of employed youth in thisage group in many countries; Figure 7. Hazardous work appears especially common among adolescents employedin industry and agriculture; PART I. Introduction: Objectives, scope and structure of the report; Box 1. The concept of decent work; Figure 9. Decent work over the lifecycle; PART II. Child labour and youth employment: Theory, standards, concepts and policy frameworks

Understanding the child labour-youth employment link: A lifecycle perspectiveFigure 10. Child labour and decent work over the lifecycle; Child labour standards; Action against child labour; Youth employment: Addressing the crisis; Box 2. ILO and decent work; PART III. School to work transitions: Child labour and the ability of young persons to secure decent work; Employment outcomes of former child labourers; Figure 11. Young persons who worked as children have much lower levels of educational; Figure 12. Young persons who worked as children are more likely to be unpaid family workers

Figure 13. Young persons who worked as children are also more likely to be in low-paying jobsTransition from school to work; Box 3. ILO Work4Youth project and the School-to-Work Transition Survey; Figure 14. A substantial fraction of young persons is expected never to transit to any employment; Figure 15. An even larger share of young persons is expected never to secure stable employment; Box 4. Measuring decent work; Figure 16. Among those who eventually secure a job, median transition durations can be as long as2 years, although there is substantial variation across countries

Figure 17. A substantial share of young persons in many countries leave school prior to the age of 15 yearsEarly school leaving and the transition from school to work; Figure 18. Early school leavers are generally at greater risk of remaining outside the world of work altogether; Figure 19. Early school leavers are generally less likely than their more-educated counterparts to secure stable jobs; Figure 20. Early school leavers generally take longer to find first jobs; Box 5. Early school leaving and upward mobility

PART IV. Youth job prospects and child labour: Why the employment situation of youth matters for child labour

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 3, 2015).

ISBN:

92-2-129690-3

OCLC:

913125363