Education and youth unemployment in South Africa
| dc.creator | Lam, David | |
| dc.creator | Leibbrandt, Murray | |
| dc.creator | Mlatsheni, Cecil | |
| dc.date | 2012-12-03T12:05:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-12-03T12:05:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2008-09 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-28T10:05:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-28T10:05:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-28 | |
| dc.description | The problem of high youth unemployment is a global phenomenon. According to an International Labour Office study in 2004, youth (15-24) make up nearly half (47%) of the world"s unemployed, 88 million out of 186 million, even though youth are only 25% of the world"s working age population. Of the world"s 550 million working poor who cannot lift themselves above US $1 per day poverty measure, 150 million are youth. The ILO estimated in 2004 that halving global youth unemployment would increase global GDP by US $2.2 trillion, 4% of global GDP. These statistics lend weight to the notion that youth unemployment is a problem worthy of attention. In addition, one may argue that addressing unemployment in general would also lower poverty levels and add to GDP (World Bank 2006). | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/33 | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Education KW - Youth unemployment KW - Unemployment KW - Poverty LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Education and youth unemployment in South Africa TI - Education and youth unemployment in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/33 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11090/33 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit | |
| dc.publisher.department | SALDRU | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.subject | Youth unemployment | |
| dc.subject | Unemployment | |
| dc.subject | Poverty | |
| dc.title | Education and youth unemployment in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Report | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | SALDRU Report | en_ZA |