Research paper examining the effects of the minimum wage on youth employment and youth unemployment in Ontario, Canada - based on an economic model, finds that changes in minimum wage rates have a marked effect on labour force participation by men young workers, but a lesser effect on young woman workers; indicates that the effect on unemployment is negligible. Bibliography, statistical tables.

This manual draws on the ILO's comprehensive database containing the principal legal provisions and minimum wage fixing mechanisms in 100 countries. The minimum wage has had a long and turbulent history, and this study sheds light on its intricacies by providing a thorough overview of the institutions and practices in different countries. It outlines the main topics for debate concerning the effects of minimum wages on major social and economic variables such as employment, wage inequality, and poverty. The book considers the various procedures countries use for implementation, including the criteria employed to fix the minimum wage, and how they are linked to specific country objectives. It then measures the efficiency of the minimum wage, and focuses on its impact on employment as a major political issue. For the benefit of non-specialists, the validity of econometric models and their results are examined.

This informative book discusses in depth the youth unemployment "problem" and examines the various policy responses to it, including education and training, and active labor market policy. It emphasizes the need for adequate labor market information, policy monitoring and program evaluation to help provide more and better quality jobs for young people --while also offering specific recommendations and guidelines for this age group in industrialized, transition and developing countries.

Report on the relationship of minimum wage levels and the youth unemployment problem in the USA - covers wages differentials, the distribution of young workers of the 16 to 19 year-old age group in the occupational structure, military service, recruitment standards, job requirements, full time education for students and learner certification programmes, etc., and comments on the effect of national level and local level labour legislation. Statistical tables.

Reviews the main theoretical models and recent empirical evidence on the correlation between the minimum wage and youth employment.

The book focuses on Indonesia's most pressing labor market challenges and associated policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth. The challenges consist of creating jobs for and the skills in a youthful and increasingly better educated workforce, and raising the productivity of less-educated workers to meet the demands of the digital age. The book deals with a range of interrelated topics---the changing supply and demand for labor in relation to the shift of workers out of agriculture; urbanization and the growth of megacities; raising the quality of schooling for new jobs in the digital economy; and labor market policies to improve both labor standards and productivity.

The Low Pay Commission was again asked to monitor and evaluate the impact of the minimum wage and to consider its effect on different groups of workers. Additionally the Commission reviews the Apprentice Rate. The Commission recommends that: the adult rate of the National Minimum Wage be increased by 15 pence to £6.08 an hour from 1 October 2011; the accommodation offset should increase from £4.61 to £4.73 per day from 1 October 2011; the Youth Deveopment Rate be increased by 6p to £4.98 an hour and that the 16-17 year old rate be increased by 4p to £3.68 an hour from 1 October 2011; and that the Apprentice Rate be incrased by 10p to £2.60 an hour