abstract: 'A growing body of research studies youth not actively involved in

  education, employment, or training (NEET). Some recent estimates of NEET

  place Canadian youth at slightly below the OECD average. At the same

  time, however, researchers have identified a number of regional barriers

  that present unique challenges to labour market participation for

  Canadians residing in northern and rural areas. In this article, we

  investigate the extent to which regional differences contribute to the

  labour market inactivity of Canadian youth. Using multiple waves of

  Statistics Canada''s Youth in Transition Survey (YITS-A), we find that

  indeed NEET rates differ for youth who reside in northern and southern

  Canada. Northern, rural youth show significantly higher probabilities of

  being NEET between ages 20 and 22. Moreover, these regional differences

  in NEET status continue to have a strong and independent effect, even

  when accounting for socio-demographic characteristics, parental

  socio-economic factors, educational experiences, and family structure.

  These inequalities in early workforce outcomes have important

  implications for policy-makers, as they seek new ways of bolstering the

  school to work transitions of northern and rural youth.'
affiliation: 'Hango, D (Corresponding Author), Stat Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

  Hango, Darcy, Stat Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

  Zarifa, David, Nipissing Univ, Sociol, North Bay, ON, Canada.

  Seward, Brad, Univ Toronto, Ctr Ind Relat \& Human Resources, Toronto, ON, Canada.'
author: Hango, Darcy and Zarifa, David and Seward, Brad
author_list:
- family: Hango
  given: Darcy
- family: Zarifa
  given: David
- family: Seward
  given: Brad
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.22584/nr52.2021.003
files: []
issn: 0820-0300
journal: NORTHERN REVIEW
keywords-plus: 'MENTAL-HEALTH; LABOR-MARKET; YOUNG-PEOPLE; UNEMPLOYMENT; SCHOOL; WORK;

  TRANSITIONS; ATTAINMENT; ACCESS'
language: English
number: '52'
number-of-cited-references: '51'
pages: 46-89
papis_id: 53bfa19fc4f328d451cf1e7e3eed0669
ref: Hango2021aresome
times-cited: '0'
title: Are Some Canadian Youth NEETer than Others? Examining North-South and Rural-Urban
  Inequalities in Education, Employment, and Training
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000744202900004
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
web-of-science-categories: Area Studies
year: '2021'