The Problem of Youth: The Regulation of Youth Employment and Training in Advanced Economies

by Richard Edwards (Editor), Paolo Garonna (Editor), Paul Ryan (Editor)

Overview

The book covers the vocational training and employment of young workers in various European and North American advanced economies; the forms taken by regulation of youth economic activity and the effects of its deregulation; training systems, training policies and access to skilled work in various paired-country comparisons; and the links between trade unions and young workers in two country-specific case-studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349109043
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Edition description:	1st ed. 1991
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - The Problems facing Youth; P.Garonna & P.Ryan - YOUTH REGULATION: METHODS, OUTCOMES AND SOURCES - The Regulation and Deregulation of Youth Activity; P.Garonna & P.Ryan - Pay Structures and Youth Employment in Six European Economies; D.Marsden & P.Ryan - PAIRED COUNTRY COMPARISONS - Contrasting Forms of Youth Training and Employment in Sweden and West Germany; K.Schober-Brinkmann & E.Wadensio - Patterns of Public Intervention in Training and the Labour Accords in Italy and the United States; R.Edwards & P.Garonna - Young People and Entry Paths to Long-Term Jobs in France and Great Britain; D.Marsden & J-F.Germe - YOUTH AND TRADE UNIONS - The Alienation of Young Workers from Trade Unions: the Case of the Netherlands; T.Akkermans, A.J.A.Felling & J.Peters - Trade Union Policies towards the Youth Training Scheme in Great Britain: the Arguments; P.Ryan - Bibliography - Index