What are the policy solutions to the COVID-19 youth employment crisis?

Even in the best of times, young people faced a tough situation in the labour market. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were around three times more likely to be unemployed than adults.

The crisis now threatens to exacerbate existing inequalities within and between countries.

The ILO policy brief highlights how youth, especially women, are being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is likely to be particularly severe for youth across three dimensions:

• disruptions to education, training and work-based learning;
• increased difficulties for young jobseekers and new labour market entrants; and
• job and income losses, along with deteriorating quality of employment.

The brief calls for urgent, comprehensive, and targeted policy responses to the global pandemic.

Original source: ILO
Published on 08 June 2020