Introduction: Macroeconomic trends. Poverty profile -- Overview of youth employment and training: Introduction. Youth involvement in the labor market. Youth unemployment and joblessness. Determinants of youth employment outcomes. Incidence of training. Human capital levels and youth labor market...

Increasing inequality in qualification specific employment prospects characterises labour markets in most highly developed countries. Theoretical models suggest that in-plant skill segregation might matter for the polarisation of employment and wages. According to these models production...