The inadequacy of the Newstart payment was recognised long before the pandemic. We shouldn’t go back to it.
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They are often framed as lazy and fraudulent and are constantly harassed by the police. Now, it seems they have had enough. We explore what it takes to be a young Nigerian living in Nigeria.
The pandemic has hit young people very hard. The long-term costs of having them neither studying nor working more than justify investment in a national program to help them enter the workforce.
Our data shows 28% workers aged 18-24 lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
The young people in this 2017 video game are unemployed or working dead end jobs or living with their parents while pondering an uncertain future. It’s a bit like life today, in a time of pandemic.
Diaries of young Kenyans in Nairobi reveal lives of joblessness and endless searching for money, all punctuated by substance use.
The high cost of data and inadequate digital skills prevent young people from accessing job opportunities.
More funding is needed to help those furthest from work.
COVID-19 will worsen the labour market for Indonesia’s young graduates in three ways: higher barriers of entry into the job market, long lasting lower income levels, and worsening labour conditions.
What needs attention is the lack of opportunity that drives sports betting.
Western Sydney’s growth-driven boom had ended before COVID-19 hit. Some neighbourhood unemployment rates were 2-3 times the metropolitan average, with female workforce participation as low as 43%.
Employment programmes cannot replace economic growth in improving youth employability, but they play a crucial role in helping them find work.
Four decades on, and commencing retirement, Australians who entered the labour market during the 1970s recession are less happy than those born earlier or later.
Young Australians, particularly young unskilled Australians, will scared by what’s about to happen for a decade or more.
Most of the community radio stations operate on a survivalist level, and should be seen as struggling small, medium and micro enterprises.
There are a few things South Africa needs to do to close the gap between what the education system produces and what the job market needs.
Harsh economic conditions at home and false picture of rosy life in Europe contribute greatly to illegal migration by Nigerian youths
For the first time since independence, Namibia’s ruling party has suffered electoral setbacks in the midst of economic and political crisis.
Some critics argue that the new certificate may encourage more pupils to drop out of school. But we argue that it is a positive move.
Being out of work is hard: here’s how psychology is helping to make the process of finding a job a little easier.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Social economy research manager, Intellidex and research associate, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
