Efforts to ease unemployment problems among disadvantaged youth have the potential of providing long-term payoffs in terms of alleviating a broad range of social ills. (Author)

Data on employment-related variables of youths (ages 16-21) gathered during the Current Population Survey (CPS) were examined for accuracy by comparing CPS estimates with those of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Force Behavior (NLS). Compared were levels and rates of labor force participation, employment, and unemployment; the number of…

After examing the data on employment and unemployment in the United States and briefly describing the reasons why youth unemployment is a problem, several personal and societal factors are cited as contributors to the current youth unemployment problem and implications for vocational education are given. (BM)

The authors analyze three major hypotheses for the worsening youth employment situation in Europe: demographic, cyclical, and structural; and review the advantages and disadvantages of various policies designed to lessen youth unemployment. (SJL)

Nine papers presented at the conference on Employment Statistics and Youth are presented. Focusing on the meaning of unemployment counts in the U.S., the first three papers are Measurement and Interpretation of Teenage Unemployment in the United States and Other Countries, by Beatrice Reubens; What Do Teenage Unemployment Statistics Measure?, by…

Examines the problems associated with youth unemployment in 12 countries. Discusses the impact of major sociological, economic, and educational trends on job and career possibilities. Recommends specific governmental policies and actions based on the case study findings of 18 programs of institutional innovation. (ML)

Describes trends in youth unemployment in Scotland since 1977. Notes the patterns and distribution of youth unemployment and considers their implications for education. Describes the changing pattern of instability in the youth labor market, noting the association between qualifications and employment. Discusses likely consequences of the Youth…

Included in this document are the proceedings from a conference on Youth Employment held September 26-27, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland. This report is divided into the following four sections: conference agenda; conference papers; symposia outlines of conference sessions; and selected youth statistics. The following conference papers comprise the…

In this study, the problem of youth and minority employment in the United States is analyzed. The scope and character of the problem is defined. To demonstrate worsening trends, data from selected years since 1946 are presented. A preliminary explanation of supply and demand in the labor market is offered. A number of the causes of youth…

An analysis of teenage unemployment indicates that it is very high and endangers the future of some of the young. In 1975 the unemployment rate for teenagers, ages 16-19, was 19.9%. For nonwhite teenagers, it was even higher (36.9%). Teenagers accounted for more than 20% of the total number of unemployed, but less than 19% of the total labor…

This monograph by educator-philosopher Eli Ginzberg, commisioned by the Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, examines the transition from school to work, exploring why the transition is so hard for some groups of young people, relatively easy for others. The point of the book is not to add one more research report to the literature dealing with…

The six articles in the reprint (with supplementary tables) from the October 1979 Monthly Labor Review, marking the International Year of the Child, are about children and work. Two articles examine the labor force experience of young U.S. workers in general and young black workers in particular over the past quarter century (1955-78). A third…

This chartbook presents information on the extent and nature of unemployment in the United States. The statistics presented are part of a broad array of unemployment and related labor force data available from the Current Population Survey, a sample survey of some 60,000 households conducted monthly by the Bureau of the Census. The 28 charts and…

This series of thirteen reports reviewing available information on the causes and dimensions of youth employment is designed to provide an information base for policy formation. (It constitutes the first of a three-volume compendium; other volumes deal with special needs and problems of youth employment policy and with program experience --see…

Thirteen papers presented at a conference on employment statistics and youth are contained in this report. Reviewed are the problems of gathering, interpreting, and applying employment and unemployment data relating to youth. The titles of the papers are as follow: "Counting Youth: A Comparison of Youth Labor Force Statistics in the Current…