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Long-term youth unemployment: prospects and policies

Long-term youth unemployment: prospects and policies. CESI Youth Employment Convention- 9 th May 2013 Paul Sissons. Outline. The current trajectory The evidence on long-term youth unemployment Current policy What else is needed?. Youth unemployment (16-24): proportion.

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Long-term youth unemployment: prospects and policies

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  1. Long-term youth unemployment: prospects and policies CESI Youth Employment Convention- 9th May 2013 Paul Sissons

  2. Outline The current trajectory The evidence on long-term youth unemployment Current policy What else is needed?

  3. Youth unemployment (16-24): proportion (Source: Labour Force Survey)

  4. Many other countries have managed to maintain lower levels of youth unemployment Youth unemployment ratio - % (15-24 years) The UK

  5. Labour market experience

  6. ILO vs. claimant count Excludes full-time students

  7. Long-term youth unemployment evidence: • Strong on • Characteristics • Barriers to work • Short and long-term impacts • Weaker on • Early experiences of transitions • The pre-recession rise • How much place matters

  8. Current policy responses • Youth Contract • Raising the Participation Age (RPA) • Traineeships • Reforms to vocational education • Apprenticeships

  9. What else is needed? • Improved national coordination • A youth employment unit • Responsibility for youth employment at a ministerial level • Better local coordination • A local employment strategy • Guaranteed part-time jobs (ACEVO) • Bring more young people into the system (a youth credit?) • Tackle transport barriers (subsidies for low/no cost travel) • Focus on employment growth

  10. Thank you psissons@theworkfoundation.com

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