These abstracts summarize 73 research projects that were conducted in Australia during 1982 and 1983 to investigate various issues related to youth employment and unemployment. Included among the topics addressed in the individual research projects are the following: economic developments, education and rural communities; employment (changing patterns in local and regional labor markets); programs (career education, employment creation, income maintenance, school services, training programs, transition, work cooperatives, and work experience); social and technological change; unemployment; youth and education; youth labor markets; and youth unemployment (its analysis, effects, causes, and possible remedies). The abstracts are arranged according to the following four categories: policy analysis and research on social and educational developments; program proposals, reports, and evaluations; program materials, bibliographies, and reports; and periodicals. (MN)