Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes Korea [electronic resource].
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Han, Ch?ang-hunContributor
Han, Ch°ang-hun.Contributor
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2008.
Improving the performance of youths in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. This report, part of a series which looks at the school-to-work transition process in sixteen countries, contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people in Korea, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
Description based upon print version of record.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; Summary and Main Recommendations; Résumé et principales recommandations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. THE CHALLENGE AHEAD; 1. Demographics and labour market outcomes; 2. The effect of labour market dualism; 3. The transition from school to work; 4. Summary; CHAPTER 2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING; 1. General performance of the education system; 2. Challenges faced by the education system; 3. Linking education and the labour market; 4. Training on the job; 5. Summary; CHAPTER 3. TACKLING BARRIERS TO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT; 1. Wages and labour costs; 2. Employment protection legislation
3. Other issues related to youth labour demand4. Summary; CHAPTER 4. ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIESAND BENEFITS; 1. Active labour market policies; 2. Public and private employment services; 3. Unemployment benefits; 4. Policies for disadvantaged youth; 5. Summary; Bibliography
Improving the performance of youths in the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. This report, part of a series which looks at the school-to-work transition process in sixteen countries, contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people in Korea, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
Labor market -- Korea.
School-to-work transition -- Korea.
Youth -- Employment -- Korea.
Youth
School-to-work transition
Labor market
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics
Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes