Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205701 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
New Zealand Treasury Working Paper No. 16/07
Publisher: 
New Zealand Government, The Treasury, Wellington
Abstract: 
The Youth Service is a programme administered by the Ministry of Social Development, designed to encourage and assist disadvantaged youth to stay in education and achieve qualifications. There are three main strands of the programme. The Youth Service (YS) is provided to recipients of the Youth Payment (YP) and Young Parent Payment (YPP) benefits, while the YS:NEET service is aimed at disadvantaged young people at risk of becoming detached from employment, education and training. This report focusses on the YP and YPP strands. Community organisations are contracted to provide mentoring and support for youth participating in the service. This is complemented by other changes to youth benefits intended to encourage continued study, including; obligations to participate in the service and in formal study, financial incentives, sanctions for failing to meet obligations, and access to childcare payments.
Subjects: 
Youth transitions
youth mentoring
social welfare programmes
unemployment
employment programmes
JEL: 
I38
J65
ISBN: 
978-0-947519-45-2
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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