The Australian youth unemployment report by the Brotherhood of St Laurence provides the current youth unemployment trends in Australia. The aim of this publication is to show that youth unemployment figures in Australia are very high and that they need to invest in young people because young people who lack qualification, skills, work experience or personal communities cannot find jobs easily. The scope of this report includes the unemployment trends in Australia from 1978 to 2014, the rise of youth unemployment between 2011 and 2014, youth unemployment hotspots in Australia and solving the unemployment issue through programs such as Youth Connections and Youth Transition Services. This report is useful to my research topic
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The author uses data from the Conference Board, International Labour Comparison program and Statistical Office of the European Communities The aim of this report is to compare international labour market and joblessness in Europe and countries outside Europe by providing statistics and graphs. The author assesses the labour markets of each country during one month period from July 2014 to August 2014 and two year period from 2012 to 2014. This article is useful to my research question because it reports the recent youth unemployment rates around the world and allows me to compare the rates between Australia and other countries. It also clearly compares and analyses the increases and decreases in both the unemployment rates and employment indexes in each country. All the tables and graphs are very useful for me as they provide accurate numbers for each year. The limitation of this source is that the countries are not categorised into developed and developing nations; therefore, it is hard to rank the countries with the highest to lowest unemployment rates as there may be some differences. The name or the occupation of the author is also not provided and the reader does not know whether it was written by an authorised person. Despite this, it is very reliable as the statistics are gained from primary sources. This article is very helpful for my research topic, as it supplies all the trends I need to find and I will rate this article a score of 3 because it uses primary sources which are well referenced and cited. It also offers original contents and
The author uses data from the Conference Board, International Labour Comparison program and Statistical Office of the European Communities The aim of this report is to compare international labour market and joblessness in Europe and countries outside Europe by providing statistics and graphs. The author assesses the labour markets of each country during one month period from July 2014 to August 2014 and two year period from 2012 to 2014. This article is useful to my research question because it reports the recent youth unemployment rates around the world and allows me to compare the rates between Australia and other countries. It also clearly compares and analyses the increases and decreases in both the unemployment rates and employment indexes in each country. All the tables and graphs are very useful for me as they provide accurate numbers for each year. The limitation of this source is that the countries are not categorised into developed and developing nations; therefore, it is hard to rank the countries with the highest to lowest unemployment rates as there may be some differences. The name or the occupation of the author is also not provided and the reader does not know whether it was written by an authorised person. Despite this, it is very reliable as the statistics are gained from primary sources. This article is very helpful for my research topic, as it supplies all the trends I need to find and I will rate this article a score of 3 because it uses primary sources which are well referenced and cited. It also offers original contents and