Labour market transitions of young women and men in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
To characterize specific youth employment
challenges and to support policy-makers in designing adequate instruments to support the transition of young people into
employment, the ILO has developed its school-to-work transition survey (SWTS), a
household survey of young people aged 15-29.
The SWTS, implemented in 2012 with a
second round planned for 2014, can serve as a principle tool for monitoring the impact of
policies and programmes outlined in the National Action Plan on Youth Employment
(NAP)
and other national instruments.This report is intended
for the policy makers and
social partners that concern themselves with the implementation of the NAP and
other youth-related policies and programmes.
The indicators generated from the survey and analysed in this report aim to present a
much more detailed picture of youth in the labour market than
what can
usually
be derived
through standard surveys, including the labour force survey. Unemployment among youth
is a major
national
concern, but it is also important to consider the quali
ty of work made
available to the young population. Does the work provide the wages and security necessary
to empower young
people
to move toward self-sufficiency in their pending adulthood? The
emphasis on quality of employment in this report should help to answer this
question. The
report also draws attention to the path and
duration
that young people’s transition from
school to work takes and draws conclusions on characteristics or experiences that make for
a smoother transition.