The Challenge of Youth Employment in the Perspective of School-to-work Transition

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Rethinking the Employment of Young People in the Global Market. – 2. Limits of the “Traditional” Approach to Labour Law and Shortcomings in Relevant Legislation. Investing in Human Capital and Increasing Productivity as an Alternative Perspective. – 3. Global Perspectives for Future Actions. – 4. A Different Legal, Institutional and Industrial Relations Perspective: Forward Planning and the School-to-work Transition Based on a Modern Conception of Education and Vocational Training. – 5. Final Remarks: Theoretical Implications of our Proposal in Terms of Future Developments in the Study of Labour Law and Industrial Relations. – References.