The present report on Lithuania is the fourth of a new series on "Investing in Youth" which builds on the expertise of the OECD on youth employment, social support and skills. This series covers both OECD countries and countries in the process of accession to the OECD, as well as some emerging...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A review of the record -- 3 A look at the future -- 4 Seasonal patterns -- 5 The dynamics of the market: short-term flows and transition probabilities -- 6 Has the structure of unemployment rates changed? -- 7 On the causes of high youth...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Youth in Transition -- Chapter 2 Surrogate Employment, Surrogate Labour Markets and the Development of Training Policies in the Eighties -- Chapter 3 From New Vocationalism to the Culture of Enterprise --...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Scope and Patterns of Work by Children and Adolescents -- 3 Health and Safety at Work -- 4 Work's Effects on Children and Adolescents -- 5 Agriculture -- 6 Laws, Regulations, and Training -- 7 Conclusions and...

Every day young people engage in risky behaviors that affect not only their immediate well-being but their long-term health and safety. These well-honed essays apply diverse economic analyses to a wide range of unsafe activities, including teen drinking and driving, smoking, drug use,...

The theme of The World Development Report 2007 is youth - young people between the ages of 12 to 24. As this population group seeks identity and independence, they make decisions that affect not only their own well-being, but that of others, and they do this in a rapidly changing demographic and...