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==Rise in Numbers== | ==Rise in Numbers== | ||
===Below age 25=== | |||
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Since 2007 the number of NEETs aged below 25 has increased on both sides of the Atlantic. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, approximately 15% of young Americans qualified as NEETs in the first quarter of 2011, up from 12% in the same period in 2007. | Since 2007 the number of NEETs aged below 25 has increased on both sides of the Atlantic. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, approximately 15% of young Americans qualified as NEETs in the first quarter of 2011, up from 12% in the same period in 2007. | ||
In the 27 E.U. nations as a whole, the figure was 13.2%, up from 11.5% in 2007.<ref>http://business.time.com/2012/11/05/why-the-u-s-has-a-worse-youth-employment-problem-than-europe/</ref> | In the 27 E.U. nations as a whole, the figure was 13.2%, up from 11.5% in 2007.<ref>http://business.time.com/2012/11/05/why-the-u-s-has-a-worse-youth-employment-problem-than-europe/</ref> | ||
===Males age 25 to 54=== | |||
Contrary to intuition, the labor force nonparticipation rate of male Americans aged 25-54 ''rose'' 3 percentage points from 1996-2016, with the lion's share being those without a college degree. Those men who never had college experience had a 70.3% increase in labor force nonparticipation (from 8.8% in 1996 to 14.9% in 2016).<ref>https://www.kansascityfed.org/~/media/files/publicat/econrev/econrevarchive/2018/1q18tuzemen.pdf</ref> This rise continued during the 'economic recovery' after 2012. In other words, less 'prime age' men are working, despite news stories about economic recovery and the unemployement rate. | Contrary to intuition, the labor force nonparticipation rate of male Americans aged 25-54 ''rose'' 3 percentage points from 1996-2016, with the lion's share being those without a college degree. Those men who never had college experience had a 70.3% increase in labor force nonparticipation (from 8.8% in 1996 to 14.9% in 2016).<ref>https://www.kansascityfed.org/~/media/files/publicat/econrev/econrevarchive/2018/1q18tuzemen.pdf</ref> This rise continued during the 'economic recovery' after 2012. In other words, less 'prime age' men are working, despite news stories about economic recovery and the unemployement rate. | ||
===International=== | |||
According to the World Bank <ref>https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/22349/K8318.pdf</ref>, The Middle East(32.3%,) South Asia (30.3%) and Sub-Saharan Africa(23.9%) have the highest proportion of NEETs (dubbed 'ninis', the term used in most of Latin America, in their report, with the exception of Brazil, which uses the term "nem-nem") among 15-24 year olds. | According to the World Bank <ref>https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/22349/K8318.pdf</ref>, The Middle East(32.3%,) South Asia (30.3%) and Sub-Saharan Africa(23.9%) have the highest proportion of NEETs (dubbed 'ninis', the term used in most of Latin America, in their report, with the exception of Brazil, which uses the term "nem-nem") among 15-24 year olds. | ||
The rise in NEETs is seen as a major cause of concern in some Latin American countries such as Mexico, where many NEETs serve as footsoldiers for the various drug cartels, due to lack of any other prospects. | The rise in NEETs is seen as a major cause of concern in some Latin American countries such as Mexico, where many NEETs serve as footsoldiers for the various drug cartels, due to lack of any other prospects. | ||