Young Person's Guarantee - employment and education landscape: current evidence - overview

This evidence paper provides an overview of the current evidence on the employment and education landscape for young people aged 16 to 24 in Scotland, with equalities and Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) breakdowns provided where possible.


References

Department for Education (2015), 'Employer Perspectives Survey 2014: Scotland data'

Department for Education (2017), 'Employer perspectives survey 2016'

Institute for Employment Studies (2021), 'An Unequal Crisis: The impact of the pandemic on the youth labour market'

Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020), 'A bad time to graduate'

Institute for Fiscal Studies (2021), 'Inequalities in education, skills and incomes in the UK: The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic'

National Records of Scotland (2019), 'Projected Population of Scotland (2018-based)'

National Records of Scotland (2021), 'Mid-2020 Population Estimates Scotland'

Resolution Foundation (2020), 'Young Workers in the coronavirus crisis.'

Resolution Foundation (2020), 'Class of 2020: Education leavers in the current crisis'

Resolution Foundation (2021), 'Uneven Steps: Changes in youth unemployment and study since the onset of Covid-19'

Scottish Government (2019), 'A fairer Scotland for women: gender pay gap action plan'

Scottish Government (2019), 'Longitudinal education outcomes (LEO) from Scottish colleges: 2016-2017'

Scottish Government (2019), 'Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) from Universities: 2016/17: Scotland'

Scottish Government (2019), 'Modern apprenticeships: earnings'

Scottish Government (2019), 'Scottish Employer Perspectives Survey 2019: research report'

Scottish Government (2020), 'Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2021'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Education Outcomes for Looked After Children – 2019/20'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK – April 2020 to March 2021'

Scottish Government (2021). 'Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK – July 2020 to June 2021'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2021'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Pupil census: supplementary statistics'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Scotland's Labour Market - People Places and Regions -Charts - 2021'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations, No. 3: 2021 Edition'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Summary Statistics for Follow-up Leaver Destinations, No. 3: 2021 Edition'

Scottish Government (2021), 'Young Person's Guarantee: Key Performance Indicators'

Skills Development Scotland (2021), 'Annual Participation Measure 2021 – Supplementary Tables'

Skills Development Scotland (2021), 'Foundation Apprenticeships Progress Report – June 2021'

Skills Development Scotland (2021), 'Graduate Apprenticeships: Progress report June 2021'

Skills Development Scotland (2021), 'Modern Apprenticeships Statistics, Quarter 4, 2020/21

Skills Development Scotland (2021), 'Modern Apprenticeship Supplementary Tables, Quarter 4, 2020/21'

The Sutton Trust (2020), 'Lost Learning, Lost Earnings'

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) (2021), 'Statistical Releases – Daily Clearing Analysis 2021'

Vagni and Breen (2021): 'Earnings and Income Penalties for Motherhood: Estimates for British Women Using the Individual Synthetic Control Method'

Contact

Email: FHE_Statistics_External_Mail@gov.scot

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