13th Agora Economica: Youth Without Jobs

13th Agora Economica

Date and Time: Friday, June 19, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

Venue: Pureun Hall

Topic: Jobless Youth

Presenter: Kyunggeun Kim, Professor, Department of Education, Korea University

Discussants: Myungho Park, Chairman, Institute for World Economy and Society

Shinju Kim, Former Lecturer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Hyesun Yoon, Co-CEO, Yesseoble Pictures

Taejong Kim, Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management

This seminar examined the youth employment issue not simply as a matter of unemployment, but as a structural problem in which young people are unable to enter society. Among young people, various forms of detachment from the labor market are emerging, including delayed employment, giving up on job searches, youth who are “resting,” NEETs, and social isolation and reclusion. This can be seen as the result of both economic factors, such as low growth, the dual structure of the labor market, and the spread of AI, and socio-psychological factors, such as repeated failure, anxiety about the future, and job disparities. Accordingly, youth policy must go beyond simply encouraging employment and move toward restoring pathways through which young people can work again and grow.

Original title: 제13회: 일자리 없는 청년

Author: Agora Economica

Date: 2026-06-19

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=agora&pn=1&idx=29185