Challenges of youth employment in developing countries in the framework of the international financial crisis recovery post countries.
As a result of the global financial crisis, many countries saw their labor market indicators experienced deterioration. As a result of shocks to the real economy, especially in the contraction of aggregate global demand, unemployment rates increased, in some countries like Spain to reach historic levels (exceeding 50%). The slow recovery of the global economy has hampered employment recovery especially the youth. There are an estimated 73 million unemployed young people in 2013.
i. Global crisis, different impacts.
The overall unemployment has historically been a short-term adjustment variable in times of economic crisis (it is much easier to reduce payroll to get rid of a building when things go wrong in a company). Empirical evidence however shows that the impact of short-term adjustments in an economy in a cycle of economic contraction is not homogeneous in the labor market, nor is in economic growth. Young people are the first to exit the crisis and the last to enter the economic recovery. Youth unemployment rates in the years after the international financial crisis have a higher than adult unemployment growth, something rational when viewed from the point of view of the firm, which represents a lower cost to dismiss a young than an adult (lower firing costs, lower losses on investment in training and re-training, less accumulated experiences, ease to replace) especially low skill workers. Also, the strong competition of young versus adults for the same job, less skill to find work (networking less developed than adults) and increased rates of youth discourage are elements that have limit ...
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... objective will be reducing barriers, deficits and gaps among more vulnerable youth population.
2) Establishment of a program of vocational training for work based in studies of business needs and aligns the curriculum to function to meet those needs. This training program will coordinate the completion of professional internships in companies as part of the dual training offered to young people who acquire knowledge in the business and generates linkage formed between the young and the working space.
Now the country is facing a stage of demographic transition. This implies a strong potential for growth and development, focusing on the development of the productive capabilities of the labor force. That potential, however, will be tapped if the conditions for young is inserted into the labor market through productive work in conditions of decent work are generated.
It is currently increasing in incidence at an alarming rate. Unemployment among young people is increasing predominantly as a result of youth receiving inadequate preparation for the job market and a largely ignored discrimination against youth in the job market. In order to minimize levels of youth unemployment, the education system and current workforce practices need to be analyzed and modified. The education system should be modified so that its degrees and more in line with jobs that are actually available and offer more job experience opportunities. The workforce practices should be modified so that discrimination against youth is minimized as much as possible. This can be achieved through invoking a higher rate of jobs awarded through meritocracy and reducing the amount of informal hiring. It is only after the integration of many of these concepts that youth unemployment levels will decrease. This will be a step towards a world with less inequality and unemployment, a step towards a better
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...ing and Youth Labour Markets: A Cross-National Analysis IN: Blanchflower, D. and Freeman, R.Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Youth unemployment is a term used for people between the ages of 15-19, that do not attend school or tertiary level and don't have any form of paid job. There are reasons causing this growing problem. These being;
Youth unemployment is a global problem facing both developed and developing economies. The United Nations define youth unemployment as individuals between the age of 15 and 24 years not employed and actively seeking employment. Statistics only consider youths who have attained the required age of employment who are willing and able to work but without jobs. Unemployment rates raise concerns in all economies. However, the rate and trends vary from one country to another irrespective of the country’s development status. For instance, in Cuba, Sierra Leone and Germany, youth unemployment rates were below 10% as per the year (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). Sierra Leone is a developing country while Germany is a developed country yet their youth unemployment rates are comparable. On the other hand, youth unemployment rates in South Africa, Armenia and Spain were above 50% as per the year 2010 (Petersen & Mortimer, 2011). In most countries, youth unemployment rate is more than double as compared to an unemployment rate in people above the age of 24 years. Canada is not an exemption as the youth unemployment rate is raising major concerns. In the recent years, issues of youth unemployment have dominated political debates and social forums. More and more youths are leaving institutions of higher learning to end up being jobless. A considerable proportion of the youths are doing jobs that are below their level of educations. Organizations are raising standards in jobs where jobs previously performed by high school leavers are being given to diploma and degree holders. Since 1966, general unemployment rate has averaged at 7.75%. As per April this year, the unemployment rate among the youths was 14.5%, w...