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Availability: Available
Publication date: 07 Jan 2009
Language: English
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9789264055995
OECD Code: 812009021P1
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Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in many OECD countries and first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Japan, one of a series of country studies, surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in Japan, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work in the country, and presents set of policy recommendations.
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Table of contents:
Summary and Main Recommendations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Challenge Ahead
-1. Demographics and Labour Market Outcomes
-2. The Transition from School to Work
-3. Key Points
Chapter 2. Education and Training
-1. The Overall Performance of the Education System
-2. Upper Secondary Education and the Labour Market
-3. Tertiary Education and the Labour Market
-4. Between School and Work
-5. Training
-6. Key Points
Chapter 3. Tackling Demand-Side Barriers to Youth Employment
-1. Employment Practices
-2. The Seniority Pay System
-3. Employment Protection Legislation and Youth Labour Market
-4. Key Points
Chapter 4. Active Labour Market Policies and Benefits
-1. Recent Measures to Improve Youth Labour Market Performance
-2. Public and Private Employment Services
-3. Unemployment Benefits
-4. Key Points
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