those who have been brought up in poor homes do not have access to financial resources and whose parents themselves have had little experience of working and limited networks find it increasingly difficult to enter or succeed in the labour market as few young people qualify for outofwork benefits government may have limited ability to coerce the young to move into work there is some suggestion that jobcreation policies such as the young persons guarantee in the united kingdom which has now been dismantled may ease transitions to work and governmentsupported schemes which provide transitional jobs for those identified as most at risk could play a greater role in future policies their incomes have been boosted as they both increasingly receive private pensions and income from employment although those in receipt of just a state pension have seen some decline in their relative income