Youth Unemployment in the Caribbean

Global economic shocks coupled with natural disasters left most Caribbean countries with zero to negative growth and high unemployment rates. The Caribbean region was strongly affected by the last great financial crisis, which resulted in a regiona...

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Main Author:	Parra-Torrado, Monica
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENTS ADULT WORKERS AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION APPRENTICESHIP CHILD CARE CITIZEN CITIZENS COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECT JOB CREATION DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISEASES DRUGS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYABLE SKILLS EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES EMPLOYMENT OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN FAMILIES FEMALE ADOLESCENTS FERTILITY RATES GANGS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAPS HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH RISKS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIV HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERVENTION INVENTORY INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION ISOLATION JOB COUNSELING JOB PLACEMENT JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKER JOB SEEKERS JOBS JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY JUVENILES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LACK OF INFORMATION LEGAL STATUS LIFE SKILLS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MANPOWER MATERNAL MORTALITY MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MORBIDITY NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NATURAL DISASTERS NEEDS ASSESSMENT ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PENSIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY MAKERS PREGNANCIES PRESENTS UNEMPLOYMENT PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM CATEGORY PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRESS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION REMITTANCES RISKY BEHAVIOR SAFETY SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL YEARS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-CONFIDENCE SERVICE PROVISION SEXUAL INITIATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS STABLE JOB SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUPPLY NEEDS TECHNICAL SKILLS TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY TEENAGE PREGNANCY TEENAGERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADE UNIONS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURE UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS VICIOUS CYCLE VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIRGIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAGES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKERS YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH CRIME YOUTH DEVELOPMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH INVOLVEMENT YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19586512/youth-unemployment-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18999

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Summary:	Global economic shocks coupled with natural disasters left most Caribbean countries with zero to negative growth and high unemployment rates. The Caribbean region was strongly affected by the last great financial crisis, which resulted in a regional average of zero economic growth in 2010. The purpose of this note is to evaluate the nature of youth unemployment in order to propose policy options to address it. It is organized in three sections. The first section describes the trends and patterns of total unemployment. The second section focuses on youth unemployment. The third and final section discusses policy considerations.

Youth Unemployment in the Caribbean

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