Author: Andrew Mosker
Youth unemployment has received a great deal of attention in recent years and has emerged as a major public policy issue. As the public, for-profit and non-profit sectors deal with the challenge of employing youth, policy makers face a number of tough questions about how to provide effective programs and services for young people looking for work.
The debate about youth unemployment is divided into two camps. Some argue that today’s youth face the same challenges they have always faced entering the job market, and the key to reduced youth unemployment is economic growth and programs that assist youth with the school-to-work transition. Others argue that youth face different challenges today because of the changing nature of work caused by globalization and technological innovation.
This paper examines the challenges related to youth employment and what potential solutions and services should be implemented.