This paper is a comparative analysis of the youth labour markets in Canada and Germany. The experience of young Germans with the labour market has shown to be much more favourable than the experience of young Canadians. Since the late 1970s, youth unemployment in Germany has been systematically below the adult rate while in Canada it has been about twice the adult rate. In fact, the relative labour market performance of young Germans compared with that of their Canadian counterparts has been far better in times when unemployment has been persistently high in both countries. This paper is an attempt to identify some of the reasons for this evolution by addressing the role of institutional factors, such as the education system, training policies, minimum wage provisions, on the transition from school to work. It appears that the highly structured and targetted eduction environment in Germany eases the transition from school to work for teenagers and young adults. The Canadian approach, based on a more general system of education with an important market mechanism component, leads to an overall less skilled young labour force and one with frequent and sometimes long spells of unemployment.
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Paper provided by International Labor Office, International Migration- in its series Papers with number
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Length: 47 pages Date of creation: 1998 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilaoim:37
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