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=== Younger age workers === [[File:US youth employment rate, both genders.png|thumb|Youth employment rate in the [[United States|US]], i.e. the ratio of employed persons (15β24Y) in an economy to total [[Labor force in the United States|labor force]] (15β24Y)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bluenomics.com/data#!data/labour_market/employment/employment_rate_15_24y_/employment_rate_15_24y_annual_both_genders_in_%7Cchart/line$countries=usa&sorting=list//title | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117072912/http://www.bluenomics.com/data#!data/labour_market/employment/employment_rate_15_24y_/employment_rate_15_24y_annual_both_genders_in_%7Cchart/line$countries=usa&sorting=list//title | url-status=dead | archive-date=2014-11-17 | title=Bluenomics}}</ref>]] {{Main|Young worker safety and health}} Young workers are at higher risk for [[occupational injury]] and face certain [[occupational hazard]]s at a higher rate; this is generally due to their employment in high-risk industries. For example, in the United States, young people are injured at work at twice the rate of their older counterparts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Young Worker Safety and Health |publisher= CDC NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic|url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth/|website = www.cdc.gov|access-date = 2015-06-15}}</ref> These workers are also at higher risk for [[motor vehicle accidents]] at work, due to less work experience, a lower use of seat belts, and higher rates of distracted driving.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-152/pdfs/2013-152.pdf|title = Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes: Preventing Injury to Young Drivers|date = September 2013|website = NIOSH Publication 2013-152|publisher = NIOSH}}</ref> To mitigate this risk, those under the age of 17 are restricted from certain types of driving, including transporting people and goods under certain circumstances.<ref name=":1" /> High-risk industries for young workers include agriculture, restaurants, waste management, and mining.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2013-153/pdfs/2013-153.pdf|title = Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes|date = September 2013|work = NIOSH Publication 2013-153|publisher = NIOSH}}</ref> In the United States, those under the age of 18 are restricted from certain jobs that are deemed dangerous under the [[Fair Labor Standards Act]].<ref name=":1" /> Youth employment programs are most effective when they include both theoretical classroom training and hands-on training with work placements.<ref>Joseph Holden, Youth employment programmes β What can be learnt from international experience with youth employment programmes? Economic and private sector professional evidence and applied knowledge services https://partnerplatform.org/?fza26891</ref> In the conversation of employment among younger aged workers, youth unemployment has also been monitored. [[Youth unemployment]] rates tend to be higher than the adult rates in every country in the world.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pastore |first=Francesco |date=2018-01-23 |title=Why is youth unemployment so high and different across countries? |url=https://wol.iza.org/articles/why-is-youth-unemployment-so-high-and-different-across-countries/long |journal=IZA World of Labor |language=en-US |doi=10.15185/izawol.420|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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