Young People Navigating the Labour Market Issues facing young people in accessing the labour market

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1^ Note 1: Total NEET refers to the number of persons not employed, not in education and training.

Note 2: NEET percentage has been calculated by dividing the number of 15-24 years who are NEETs by the total 15-24 year old population.

Note 3: NEET is calculated by excluding all persons aged 15-24 who are attending education institutions and who are employed

2^ Budlender, D, Research undertaken for the UNDP/ILO/DoL/NYDA, 2012: this paper was phase 1 of a broader research process undertaken by these organisations. This paper is phase 2 of the same research process. It therefore draws on the phase 1 research extensively so as to avoid duplication of research.

3^ World Bank (2010) Active Labor Market Programs for Youth in Africa: A Framework for Engagement (unpublished)

4^ This is the most recent data there is, however it is consistent with more recent data pertaining to the way in which employers recruit suggesting that the findings from these research processes remain valid. This is further supported by anecdotal evidence pertaining to the way in which young people access employment.

5^ Whereby productivity is defined as a measure of skill level assuming a higher skill level leads to higher productivity and vice versa

6^ Authors own calculations based on unskilled figures taken from World Bank Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Survey, World Bank Greater Durban Metropolitan Survey, and World Bank Small Medium Enterprise Survey as reported in Schoer, V et al. 2006.

7^ The ILO notes that globally this is referred to as job-sharing as work sharing refers to short-term arrangements, which are implemented to mitigate a temporary decline in production due to unforeseen downturns in a business. They suggest that work-sharing arrangements specifically do not involve hiring additional staff but rather shares the available work with existing staff in order to avoid lay offs.

8^ Some announcements have been made with respect to programmes but whilst the date has passed there are no clear details of these measures

9^ Altman, M and Marock, C, Employability of youth – overview discussion paper, HSRC, November 2008

10^ National Treasury, Discussion Paper, February 2011

11^ http://www.entrepreneurship.co.za/page/about_us

12^ FIETA has since merged with other sectors and has become the Fibre Processing & Manufacturing Seta