Unemployment Among School Leavers: an Analysis of the Problem

Abstract

This article examines the problem of unemployment among school leavers. It is shown that although the summer peak in such unemployment has reached record levels in recent years this remains a largely temporary phenomenon. However, longer term unemployment among school leavers is now becoming a serious problem. Though the Government's present measures will relieve the problem somewhat they provide a temporary palliative rather than a longer term solution.