Youth Employment And The Future Jobs Fund

Author : Lynn S. Chancer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190685891
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth, Jobs, and the Future written by Lynn S. Chancer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While overall unemployment has declined, the unemployment rate remains nearly twice as high for young people 16 to 19 years of age and nearly three times as high for those aged 20 to 24. Rates of unemployment and underemployment are nearly two to three times higher for Black and Latino youth. In Youth, Jobs, and the Future, Lynn S. Chancer, Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, and Christine Trost have gathered a cast of well-known interdisciplinary scholars to confront the persistent issues of youth unemployment and worsening socio-economic precarity in the United States. The book explores structural and cultural causes of youth unemployment, their ramifications for both native and immigrant youth, and how middle- and working-class youth across diverse races and ethnicities are affected within and outside the legal economy. A needed contribution, this book locates solutions to youth unemployment in economic and political changes as well as changes in cultural attitudes.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215555687
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth employment and the future jobs fund written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future Jobs Fund (FJF) was established by the previous Government in April 2009 as an emergency response to the rise in youth unemployment in 2008 and 2009. Its aim was the creation of job opportunities for young people on Jobseeker's Allowance and adults on any benefit who lived in areas with particularly high rates of unemployment. The initial target was to create 150,000 temporary (six-month) posts by March 2011, to ensure no young people were left behind due to unemployment. The scheme was then extended and expanded with the aim of creating 200,000 temporary posts by March 2012. In May 2010, the Coalition Government cancelled the extension of the programme as a measure to address the public spending deficit, and announced that no new entrants would be permitted beyond March 2011. The new Government's view was that the FJF was a high-cost programme, with each job costing up to £6,500, and that similar results and job sustainability could be achieved through its new overarching welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, to be launched in June 2011. The Committee states that it was too soon to assess whether the Future Jobs Fund has been successful in supporting unemployed young people in finding permanent employment. The Committee further states, that the Government needs to learn lessons from the FJF and ensure that the Work Programme includes sufficient levers and financial incentives to prevent providers ignoring young people who are more difficult to place in work. Also that apprenticeships may not be the most suitable route into employment for those young people at the highest risk of long-term unemployment and that alternative provision should be made available.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780215556875
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth Unemployment and the Future Jobs Fund written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government response to HC 472, session 2010-11 (ISBN 9780215555687)

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Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jobs for Young People written by and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 1987 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We must conclude by warning that the severity of youth employment problems today pales to insignificance beside those which could be face in the future... in developing countries. These countries face a pattern of escalating proportions. Their youth population is projected... to rise by more than 125 million (over 16 per cent) by the end of the century. In Africa... the youth population could triple over the next forty years. The population increase in urban areas might be even more dramatic since the natural increase could continue to be augmented by rural-urban migration. By 2000, half the youth of developing countries could live in cities... There will be a massive increase too in the number of educated youth. School enrolment in developing countries is spreading fast despite severe resource constraints. The prospects are, in one sense, alarming. But, looking to the future, the energies and economic potential of youth should be seen positively as a potential dynamic element in growing economies rather than merely as a 'problem'. If societies are willing to invest in youth it will repay that investment many times over.' - From the Report.'Unemployment involves wasted resources, but it is also a wider human problem. The loss is not just economic. Youth is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, of energy and of willingness to learn and serve. With work, this can be directed towards a common benefit; without work, it is dissipated or even channelled into anti-social behaviour.' - From the Foreword by the Commonwealth Secretary-General.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215048493
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Youth Unemployment and the Youth Contract written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report comments positively on some aspects of the design of the Youth Contract. It builds on the types of interventions which have been shown to have a positive impact: increased Jobcentre Plus (JCP) adviser support; work experience placements; and apprenticeships. It also welcomes the inclusion of a new scheme for 16-17 year-olds, the large majority of whom do not receive support from JCP as they are ineligible for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA). The Committee acknowledges that the Government has sensibly focused wage incentives - the key new element of the Youth Contract - on longer term young unemployed claimants and there is an attempt to achieve sustainable job outcomes by linking wage incentives to the Work Programme payment structure, in which providers are financially incentivised to keep participants in work and off benefits in the longer term. However the Youth Contract on its own it will not be enough to address the current unacceptably high level of youth unemployment. A significant impact can only be made if all the targets are met. In particular, past experience shows that 160,000 wage incentives is a very ambitious target in the current economic climate. And 250,000 additional work experience placements for young people may also be unrealistic

Author : United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Review of Youth Employment Problems, Programs & Policies: Program experience written by United States. Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Council on Employment Policy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investing in America's Future written by National Council on Employment Policy and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0215080858
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HC 481 - Improving Access to Work for Disabled People written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to Work (AtW) is an important element of specialist employment support for disabled people. It is unique in providing help to people already in, or about to start, mainstream work. It has the potential to be an extremely effective model, helping to address the substantial gap between the employment rate for disabled people and that of the rest of the population. Where it works well, it transforms the lives of disabled people, many of whom would be unable to work without it.There is strong evidence that AtW currently supports only a minority of disabled people whom it might benefit. There is a misperception that the sole purpose of AtW is to provide physical aids, equipment and transport for people with sensory impairments and physical disabilities; consequently relatively few people with other types of disability, and different support needs, currently use the programme. In scaling up the programme DWP needs to address this imbalance. Its priority should be supporting a much greater number of people with mental health problems, and intellectual, cognitive and developmental impairments, including learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorders. AtW's focus should remain on removing barriers to employment for the full range of disabled people who can benefit from it. DWP should make a strong and evidence-based case to HM Treasury for substantial additional funding for AtW and then aim to increase take-up through much more high profile marketing, and proactive promotion of AtW, including through Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches and contracted employment services providers.

Author : Sara Elder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789221238553
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Employment Trends for Youth written by Sara Elder and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the vulnerability of youth to unemployment and the shortage of decent work. It shows where progress has or has not been made in terms of tapping the energy, talent, and creativity of young people for the benefit of the economy's productive potential. It updates the world and regional youth labor market indicators and gives detailed analyses of longer-term trends in youth population, labor force, and employment, while providing a first glimpse at new estimates of working poverty among youth. The report shows that the impacts of the economic crisis have been disproportionately severe for young people around the world. It also offers valuable lessons learned from evaluating youth employment programs.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215559401
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Work Programme written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-05-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work Programme will be implemented nationwide from June 2011, and will replace the range of existing programmes to help benefit claimants find jobs. It will be delivered on a regional basis by a framework of prime contractors, the majority of which will come from the private sector. These prime contractors will be paid by the Government based on their results in achieving sustainable employment for jobseekers. Prime contractors are expected to subcontract service provision to specialist local organisations, including voluntary sector providers. There is a risk that, even under the payment-by-results model, Work Programme providers might focus on the clients they assess as being easier to help. The Committee recommends that the Government keeps the payment model under review and assesses the outcomes for all participants. The Work Programme creates a significant financial challenge for prime contractors. This might lead to some clients receiving lower quality support and to significant costs to the Government in responding to service failures. The Government should put contingency arrangements in place to ensure the continuity of provision for clients. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) should remind prime contractors that a key aspect of their role is to bear financial risk, rather than passing it on to subcontractors disproportionately. Contracting arrangements need to ensure that subcontractors are fairly managed and that prime contractors are able to hold subcontractors to account for poor performance. The DWP must establish robust and independent arbitration and sanctioning arrangements.