Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training

Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training
Author: Klaus F. Zimmermann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781601987303

Youth Unemployment and Vocation Training focuses on the creation of good jobs for the young. The first part reviews the main factors influencing youth unemployment and the transition into the work force. The second section provides an overview of young people's situations in major world regions, with a particular emphasis on the role of training systems and complementary active labor market policies. The book concludes by reviewing the most pressing policy challenges in different world regions and providing policy recommendations.

Vocational Education and Youth Employment

Vocational Education and Youth Employment
Author: George H. Copa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1984
Genre: Vocational education
ISBN:

Research report on the role of the training employment relationship in effective training policies for youth employment in the USA - identifies the major target group as low income, socially disadvantaged youth with below average educational levels; examines causes and social problems arising from youth unemployment; includes vocational training, career planning, job placement and work experience among desirable policy components; makes suggestions. Bibliography.

The Problem of Youth

The Problem of Youth
Author: Richard Edwards
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349109029

The book covers the vocational training and employment of young workers in various European and North American advanced economies; the forms taken by regulation of youth economic activity and the effects of its deregulation; training systems, training policies and access to skilled work in various paired-country comparisons; and the links between trade unions and young workers in two country-specific case-studies.

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre:
ISBN: 926408746X

An OECD study of vocational education and training designed to help countries make their systems more responsive to labour market needs. It expands the evidence base, identifies a set of policy options and develops tools to appraise VET policy initiatives.