Youth Unemployment and Labor Mobility
Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
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Date: 1 April 2024
Outline
Youth employment rates, education, NEET
Youth labour market challenges
Youth migration
Improving systems of technical and vocational training
Advancing social justice, promoting decent work
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Employment, education and NEET
Steady decline in youth employment rate
Down from 56% in 1991 to 33% in 2023
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Employment, education and NEET
Steady decline in youth employment rate
Rising share in education or training (while not in employment)
Up from 29% in 2005 to 45% in 2023
Enrollment in tertiary education up from 36 million in 2000 to 137 million in 2022 (UNICEF)
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Employment, education and NEET
Steady decline in youth employment rate
Rising share in education or training (while not in employment)
Declining share not in employment, education or training (NEET)
Down from 26% NEET in 2005 to 22% in 2023
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Youth labour market challenges in East-, South- and South-East Asia
Undereducation (simple average)
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Youth unemployment rate
Youth working poverty rate
NEET women
NEET men
In search of better jobs - migration
Domestic rural-urban migration
1.4% of cohort aged 25-34 today migrated to urban area over past 10 years (when they were youth)
Youth in urban areas have lower employment rate – longer education
Migration and education effect stronger for men
International migration
Limited intra-region migration
Youth 15-24 are not overly represented among migrant workers
Migrant workers have higher employment rate
Migrant workers face worse working conditions
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019
Improving technical and vocational education systems
Broken link between TVET and labour markets
Learners lack information and financial resources
Teachers lack pedagogical skills and industry knowledge
Providers are not accountable
Proposals for transformation
Teach relevant skills
Balance autonomy and accountability of providers
Improve information and act on evidence
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Date: Monday / 01 / October / 2019