Global employment trends for youth 2013: a generation at risk

"The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6 per cent in 2013, is close to its crisis peak. 73 million young people are estimated to be unemployed in 2013. At the same time, informal employment among young people remains pervasive and transitions to decent work are slow and difficult....

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Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
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Language:English
Published: Geneva 2013
ILO
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19127762124919459449-Global-employment-trends-for-y.htm
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description "The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6 per cent in 2013, is close to its crisis peak. 73 million young people are estimated to be unemployed in 2013. At the same time, informal employment among young people remains pervasive and transitions to decent work are slow and difficult. The economic and social costs of unemployment, long?term unemployment, discouragement and widespread low?quality jobs for young people continue to rise and undermine economies’ growth potential. Skills mismatch (overeducation and over?skilling coexist with undereducation and under?skilling) on youth labour markets has become a persistent and growing trend. Young workers often receive below average wages and are engaged in work for which they are either overqualified or underqualified. As much as two?thirds of the young population is underutilized in some developing economies, meaning they are unemployed, in irregular employment, most likely in the informal sector, or neither in the labour force nor in education or training. Youth unemployment and its scarring effects are particularly prevalent in three regions: Developed Economies and European Union, the Middle East and North Africa."
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publishDate 2013
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ILO
spellingShingle economic recession
international
skill
statistics
youth
youth employment
youth unemployment
Global employment trends for youth 2013: a generation at risk
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title Global employment trends for youth 2013: a generation at risk
topic economic recession
international
skill
statistics
youth
youth employment
youth unemployment
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19127762124919459449-Global-employment-trends-for-y.htm