Sociology 2166A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Employment-To-Population Ratio, Mandatory Retirement, Ageism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2166A/B
• Professor: Tracey L Adams

Document Summary

Young workers and the school to work transition. Trends a ecting youth : unemployment- rates of youth unemployment are typically double the rate for others. Currently about 11% (has ranged from 10-20%: ontario amongst the worst: 17-18% (a of a few years ago, employment rate is relatively low. Labour force participation is dropping: lfp rates include both those who have jobs and those who are looking for jobs, over 50% of youth are not working. Both a cause and a result of the above trends: staying in school longer because attaining good jobs require them to. Youth are staying in school longer, or returning to school after a period in the labour force. Canadian youth are amongst the most-well educated in the world. University degree no longer a guarantee of employment, but it certainly helps: appears to be an insu cient number of good jobs to employ all of the skilled people that universities and colleges are producing.