Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries

摘要: The economic status of young people has declined significantly over the past two decades, despite a variety programmes designed to aide new workers in transition from classroom job market. This ongoing problem proved difficult explain. Drawing on comparative data Canada, Germany, France, Sweden and United Kingdom, these papers go beyond examining only employment wages explore effects family background, education training, social expectations crime youth employment. volume brings together key studies, providing detailed analyses situation plaguing workers. Why have demographic changes additional schooling failed resolve unemployment? How effective those policies been which aimed improve labour skills marketability people? And how youths themselves responded deteriorating market confronting them? These questions form empirical organizational bases upon studies are founded.