SOCB54H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Precarious Work, Making Money
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Downsizing in both public and private sectors- no new jobs. When lay off comes, last people who are hired are the first to let go and younger people. High rates of young unemployment: currently july 2016. Earnings: growing wage gap between younger and older workers. Large amounts of part-time working by young people. Young workers had been badly affected by a series of recessions that began in the early 1970s why? notes. Many employers in collaboration with have seniority principle are victims of this in what ways have they been affected? graph. Underemployment> situation where people are essentialy overqualified for the job that they have youth 15-24. 60% - greece how have young people responded to labour market difficulties? for good jobs notes governments have on occasion have concerned about young employment. Young people are increasingly delaying the entry into the labour market. One of the reasons why age profile of canadian labour force is tilted towards elder workers.
