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Jobs for Youth / Des Emplois Pour Les Jeunes Jobs for Youth / Des Emplois Pour Les Jeunes: Greece 2010 Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Greece contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners. The report is based on the proceedings of a seminar and is published in English only. However, a French translation of the summary and main recommendations has been included in this volume.

Table of Content :

-Summary and main recommendations
-Résumé et principales recommandations
-Introduction
Chapter 1. The challenges ahead
-1. Demographic projections
-2. Youth labour market outcome
-3. Labour market performance of specific socio-demographic groups
-4. Key steps in school-to-work  transitions: leaving education
-5. The quality of entry jobs
-6. Key points
Chapter 2. Initial education and learning on the job
-1. Performance of the Greek secondary education system
-2. General measures to improve outcomes of Greek secondary education
-3. Raising the profile and quality of vocational education and work-based learning
-4. Drop-out remedy strategies
-5. The main challenges facing the tertiary education system
-6. Work and study
-7. On-the-job training
Chapter 3. Removing demand-side barriers
-1. Economic growth and youth employment
-2. Wages and labour costs
-3. Employment protection is strict in Greece
-4. Labour shortages and the skill deficit of Greek university graduates
-5. Key points
Chapter 4. Workforce development: remedial education and employability measures
-1. The role of passive labour market measures for youth
-2. The role of active labour market measures for youth
-3. Activation of unemployed youth through training
-4. Activation through subsidised employment
-5. Better support to unemployed youth: Drawing from the experiences of other OECD countries
-6. Key points
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