Main outcome measures Suicide data were collated from official registries. Main results Youth mental illness was the factor most strongly associated with youth suicide. Parental factors linked to increased suicide risk were parental suicide or early death, hospitalisation for mental illness, unemployment, low income, poor schooling and divorce. Mental illness in siblings and short duration of s...

economically developed world, to develop a new agenda for youth policy generally, especially in terms of the needs of the economically dispossessed. Major structural changes in economic and social life have altered in important ways the shape of growing up, and are reflected in such phenomena as exceptional levels of youth unemployment. Some of the more dramatic effects of these changes result ...

on one hand having undergone many remarkable structural and value changes and on the other hand considering the disorganized and uncoordinated social condition of the subsystems, marriage is conceived as one of the prominent social problems. so, this paper seeks to explore the attitudes of unmarried youth towards marriage and its problematic nature. the results demonstrate that the youth's...

Youth unemployment is an issue of primary concern in Western European countries. In this paper we analyze dynamics in unemployment for youths, adults (prime-aged individuals), and elderly. We use quarterly French unemployment data, strati ed by gender, age group, and duration, over the period 1982{1994. We nd that the in ow rate of male youths is more sensitive to the business cycle than the in...

Unemployment is a problem that often faced by every country, including Indonesia. The phenomenon of unemployment in Indonesia shows highly educated population does not necessarily have job, especially the young age group. This study aims to determine factors affect used variable levels education, training, experience, major gender, geographical area and urban/rural classification. Using Nationa...

Family and Politics: Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism? Recent years have witnessed a rise in right-wing extremism among German youth and young adults. This paper investigates the extent to which the experience of parental unemployment during childhood affects young people’s far right-wing attitudes and xenophobia. Estimates from three different German data sets show a posit...

Ray Marshall 6th Annual Konopka Lecture May, 1983 INTRODUCTION Dr. Marshall’s insights and perspectives on youth employment have emerged from his work in governmental, private , and academic settings. He served as Secretary of Labor during the Carter Administration (1977-1980) and is presently the Bernard Rapoport Centennial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the University of Texas. ...