No school, no work: Young see toll from recession

Published September 11, 2012 2:01pm ET



PARIS (AP) — Recessions around the world have pushed a growing number of young people out of education and out of the workforce, according to a report Tuesday that warned of growing danger for “the traditional pathway from school to work or family life.”

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — which groups the world’s most developed countries — found that 16 percent of people aged 15 to 29 are neither in school nor working. The report was based on the available latest figures from 2008 to 2010 — and the OECD says those trends are likely still rising due to more recent economic turmoil.

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