32. Education transitions imminent introduction of the age 18 education and training participation age rapidly rising youth unemployment rate strong focus on improving our understanding of the drivers of education and labour market transitions holistic approach to the numerous transitions young people make when moving from adolescence into adulthood way in which different types of transition (in education, employment, family life and housing) interact.
33. Risky behaviour risky or anti-social behaviours/ positive behaviours how these behaviours interact with one another not all young people persist in such behaviours over the long term many behaviours are strongly linked with youth identity formation and social interactions Costs/ benefits of different strategies universal versus targeted when best to intervene.
34. Disadvantaged and vulnerable groups not all young people are affected in the same way by adversity many of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are more likely to be unemployed, to have children outside of marriage, to be socially isolated, to commit crimes, and to live in poverty need for better understanding of these specific and cumulative risk effects. examine in more detail how disadvantaged and vulnerable youth navigate important transitions
35. CBA – drugs policy evaluation of whether policies based on prevention/communication or those focused on treatment/enforcement are more cost effective determine a sensible “balance of intervention” CBA Methodology: review of existing literature, use of published data on costs monetary values on immediate impacts of programmes through linking those impacts to longer term individual and social benefits using available evidence to put estimates on these monetary values
36. Jobs without training significant numbers of young people enter jobs that have no training attached with low pay and short contracts most focus on NEETs - less analysis of the JWT group yet these young people are a large and important component of the youth labour market they make up around two-thirds of those who leave full-time education post-16 poor initial job quality likely to have long-lasting effects on future employment, earnings, and skill development