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Articles on Youth unemployment
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Kenya has realised that its school-leavers aren’t ready for the world of work. An ambitious plan aims to change this.
African governments and businesses must do more to assist young people by creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem to support them. Without this support, all of their potential may stutter and die.
Often the same centres in need of more care workers are those with high local unemployment.
Australia’s cash economy is hard to document, but can be followed through the fortunes of young workers.
Australian voters can choose between a youth unemployment policy from the Coalition, seen as a hand out, and the Labor policy which is a hand up.
The huge problem of youth unemployment in South Africa appears to be getting worse. New research will hopefully amplify their voices and inform more realistic interventions to combat the monster.
What are the issues facing rural and regional Australia? The challenges are many and varied – and only some have made the national political agenda – but these areas deserve better than neglect.
When villages across Spain, Portugal and Italy are abandoned, the regions’ unique culture and heritage is lost, too.
The path to employment is not easy for a young person. Follow the lines in our flow chart to see the many different pathways young people might have to take to secure a job.
The government assumes that with the right education and training, a young person will be able to get work. But this is not the case, especially for young people who live in rural and regional areas.
Poor economic performance and high levels of skilled migration are standing in the way of young Australians entering the labour market for the first time.
Young people’s transition to work is prolonged and highly precarious. An entry-level job becomes a career, savings become subsistence, weekend shifts become lifelines. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Despite economic hardships, young people haven’t been pushed into crime. But can we trust the data?
The current discussion about youth unemployment overlooks some nuances of the data that should be helping shape policy.
South Africa’s unemployment figures have been stubbornly high over the past two decades. One policy measure that could help alleviate the pressure is a youth wage subsidy.
Many young people are part of the precariat – in low-paid insecure work.
A coalition of companies including Starbucks and Walmart plan to help 100,000 young people jumpstart their careers. It’s a good start, but much more needs to be done.
Massive youth unemployment and a legal system left over from dictatorship days are still holding Tunisia back.
If you leaving school today to embark on a career, what should you study to protect your job from automation and outsourcing?
Top contributors
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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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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Research Economist, RMIT University
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Social economy research manager, Intellidex and research associate, UJ, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania
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Ronald Henderson Research Fellow Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research & Brotherhood of St Laurence, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Professor of Strategy, Economics and Foresights, Hult International Business School
