Research Projects in Singapore
Youth Labour Market Integration Policies and Practices
Principal Investigator:
Kiran Mirchandani (OISE, University of Toronto)
Co-Investigators:
Tracey Skelton (National University of Singapore)
Sponsor:
Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Summary:
This project explores the experiences of young people in Singapore as they transition from education to work. It investigates two research questions:
1) How are dominant youth labour market approaches (such as apprenticeships, educational steaming and career training) experienced by diversely situated youth?
2) In what ways do these approaches challenge or reinforce existing social stratification along the lines of gender, race and class?
Location of research:
Singapore
