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When the Global Crisis and Youth Bulge Collide: Double the Jobs Trouble for Youth

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  • Isabel Ortiz
  • Matthew Cummins

    (Division of Policy and Practice,UNICEF)

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This working paper: (i) describes recent labour market trends; (ii) analyzes how young people are experiencing a double employment crisis as a result of the demographic phenomenon known as the ‘youth bulge,’ which aggravates the already low demand for labour during the economic downturn; (iii) explores the household level impacts of the jobs crisis, with particular attention to the severe risks posed to children and young workers; (iv) discusses policy responses during the two phases of the crisis—fiscal expansion (2008-09) and fiscal contraction (2010- ); and (v) presents a UN agenda on how to generate decent employment, which covers macroeconomic and sector policy options along with labour-specific strategies to place jobs, especially for youth, at the center of recovery efforts.

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Paper provided by UNICEF,Division of Policy and Strategy in its series Working papers with number 1202.

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Date of creation: 2012
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Handle: RePEc:uce:wpaper:1202

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Keywords: youth employment; youth bulge; jobs; crisis recovery; development policy;

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