of labor market outcomes for youth, and (2) explain the contributions of supply and demand factors to youth outcomes. The … paper shows that youth face various difficulties in transitioning to work. This is reflected in their relatively higher … unemployment rate, higher incidence of low paying or unpaid work, and a large share of youth who are neither working nor in school …

The youth population bulge is often mentioned in discussions of youth unemployment and unrest in developing countries …. But the youth share of the population has fallen rapidly in recent decades in most countries, and is projected to continue … to fall. Evidence on the link between youth bulges and youth unemployment is mixed. It should not be assumed that …