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Title Global employment trends for youth, 2013 : a generation at risk / International Labour Organization
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 111 pages) : illustrations
Contents Boxes; Figures; Tables; Annex tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Organization of the report; 1.3 Main findings; 1.3.1 Global trends (Chapter 2); 1.3.2 Trends in advanced economies (Chapter 2); 1.3.3 Trends in developing regions (Chapter 2); 1.3.4 The skills mismatch challenge (Chapter 3); 1.3.5 School-to-work transition surveys (Chapters 4 and 5); 1.3.6 Policies to promote decent work for youth (Chapter 6); Box 1. Youth employment: A G20 priority; 2. Global youth employment crisis worsening
Figure 1. Global youth unemployment and unemployment rate, 1991-2013Figure 2. Youth unemployment rate estimates and projections, 2008-18 (%); 2.1 Youth labour markets in advanced economies; Figure 3. Global and regional gender gaps in youth unemployment rates, selected years (female rate minus male rate, percentage points); Figure 4. Decomposition of changes in the employment-to-population ratio, 2007-12; Figure 5. Youth unemployment rates, 2008 and 2012 (second quarter, %); 2.1.1 Quality of youth employment
Figure 6. Share of youth unemployed who have been unemployed for at least six months, 2008 and 2011 (%)2.2 Youth labour markets in developing regions; 2.2.1 South Asia; 2.2.2 East Asia; 2.2.3 South-East Asia and the Pacific; Box 2. Voluntary and involuntary part-time youth employment in Indonesia; Figure 7. Part-time employment rates in the Philippines and Thailand, by sex, 2008-12 (%); 2.2.4 Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS; 2.2.5 Latin America and the Caribbean; Figure 8. Young workers in informal employment in the Russian Federation, by sex and age group, 2012 (%)
2.2.6 Middle East2.2.7 North Africa; 2.2.8 Sub-Saharan Africa; 3. Youth unemployment, employment and skills mismatch in advanced economies; Box 3. Measuring skills mismatch; Figure 9. Economic context and skills mismatch; 3.1 Skills mismatch between labour supply and demand; 3.1.1 Skills mismatch and unemployment; 3.2 Skills mismatch by occupation; 3.2.1 Incidence and consequences of mismatch; Figure 10. Skills mismatch and youth unemployment rates in selected countries, 2000-11 (%); 3.2.2 Measurement; Table 1. Incidence of overeducation in European countries (%)
Table 2. Incidence of undereducation in European countries (%)3.2.3 Overeducation and undereducation in a sample of countries; Table 3. ISCO major groups and skill levels; Table 4. Incidence of overeducation by age group (%); Table 5. Incidence of undereducation by age group (%); Figure 11. Average incidence of skills mismatch, all age groups (%); Figure 12. Average incidence of skills mismatch, age group 15-29 (%); Figure 13. Average incidence of skills mismatch, by sex and age group (%); 3.3 Explaining employment and skills mismatch; 3.3.1 The impact of macro factors on mismatch
Summary Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labour market indicators and gives detailed analyses of medium-term trends in youth population, labour force, employment and unemployment. This year's report shows that the youth employment crisis continues in developed as well as developing economies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Youth -- Employment -- Forecasting
Youth -- Employment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Youth -- Employment
Youth -- Employment -- Forecasting
Form Electronic book
Author International Labour Office.
International Labour Organisation
ISBN 9789221274841
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