Youth Employment Promotion in Norway Thor Kleppen Sættem, State Secretary 25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, Riga, August 30th 2016
Immigrants to Norway from The Baltic Countries, Poland and Sweden (right axis) and Unemployment in Norway (left axis / black line) 2
Employment in Norway, OECD and EU(28) 2015 Sources: OECD Employment Outlook 2016 and Eurostat Norway OECD EU28 Employment (%) Adults 15-64 years 75 66 66 Youth 15-24 years 51 41 33 Unemployment (%) Adults 15-64 years 4 ½ 7 10 ¾ Youth 15-24 years 10 14 20 3
The Youth Employment rates decrease and Unemployment rates increase Source: OECD
Employment Policy Strategies Employment-oriented Economic Policy Tripartite Income Policy Cooperation A qualified and motivated labour force Active and Mainstream Labour Market Policies Priority towards Youth, Long term unemployed, Immigrants, Disabled Tripartite Cooperation for Inclusive Workplaces Universal & fair Social Security Balancing Work and Family Life
YOUTH Employment- and -Inclusion Policies Youth Guarantees: Right to individual assistance aimed at Education or Work Unemployed/School dropopouts aged 16-19 & 20-24 (25-29) More targeted programs: ”New Chance” for Immigrants / Refugees "New Possibilities" to help school dropouts finnish school ”Qualification program” for social cash beneficiaries Mental Health and Work Program. Job strategy for disabled young people (< 30) A lot of local pilot projects Developing improved measures and methods - and more systematic evaluations
Effects of Youth Employment Promotion in the Nordic Countries (+ Ger, NL, UK) A forthcoming comparative analyses 2016 Education and the education system is important – especially vocational education Youth Guaranties seem to have weak/uncertain effects Active Labour Market Policies play an important role Wage subsidies and on-the job training programs seem to have the most positive effects The positive effects seem to increase over time Public work and sheltered employment /training seem to have the uncertain or even negative effects There are great variations in documented outcomes and effects