The aim of this report is to provide evidence on the impact of local labour market conditions in general - and the national minimum wage (NMW) in particular - on the education and labour market choices of young people in the UK. It will provide policymakers with a better understanding of the factors driving young people’s transitions from full-time education into the labour market, and the sensitivity of decisions about these to changes in wages, including the NMW regime. Such evidence will be critically important for NMW policy in the future, as it responds to changing (and arguably difficult) labour market conditions and the introduction of other policies that may impact on the youth labour market, such as the raising of the education participation age.

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