16th Agora Economica: Youth Employment Freeze, Causes and Solutions

Date and Time: Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

Venue: Pureun Hall

Topic: The Youth Employment Cold Snap: Causes and Solutions

Presenter: Jonghoon Lee, Professor Emeritus, Division of Business Administration, Myongji University

Moderator: Myungho Park, Chairman, Institute for Global Economics and Society

Discussants:

Youngju Son, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning

Hyesun Yoon, Co-CEO, Yesseoble Pictures

Yena Choi, Senior Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute

This seminar examined, under the theme of “The Youth Employment Cold Snap: Causes and Solutions,” how experienced-hire-centered recruitment and the replacement of entry-level tasks by AI affect young people’s employment opportunities and skill formation. It then discussed directions for institutional reform, including improving labor market flexibility and project-based education in the use of AI, and suggested that diverse opportunities should be opened up so that young people can gain hands-on experience and create their own work not only through employment but also through entrepreneurship.

Original title: 제16회: 청년고용 한파, 그 원인과 해법

Author: Agora Economica

Date: 2026-10-30

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=agora&pn=1&idx=29698