Young people's education and labour market choices aged 16/17 to 18/19

DFE Research Report (RR182) by Claire Crawford, Kathryn Duckworth, Anna Vignoles and Gill Wyness
© Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions (December 2011)

Summary

There has been a long‐term shift during the last few decades towards increased participation in education and entering the labour market at a later age. There are also shorter-term transitory difficulties in the youth labour market associated with current economic conditions.

In the context of a difficult 2011 labour market, this report examines the early educational and labour market transitions made by young people, age 16/17 through to age 18/19. The overarching objective of the research is to obtain empirical evidence on the transitions made by young people which can then inform policies to improve transitions into the labour market for young people.

The primary focus is on comparing the outcomes of those who initially take jobs without training with those who initially take jobs with training. The research analyses the average effect from initially taking a job with or without training, regardless of whether the training actually led to a qualification or not.

Includes:

• Introduction
• Existing Evidence
• Data
• Young people’s labour market choices
• Short‐term transitions
• Medium term transitions
• Longer‐term transitions
• Conclusions
• Appendix

Full report (PDF 81pp)

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