Empirical analysis of urban youth unemployment in Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesfin Welderufael Berhe
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment

Determinants of youth unemployment spells and exit destinations in Romania and Hungary

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-356
Author(s):  
Daniela-Emanuela Dănăcică
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Competing Risks ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Hungarian Academy ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Unemployment Spells ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

The aim of this paper is to analyse determinants which cause some young Romanian and Hungarian individuals to have longer unemployment spells than others and different exit destinations. The empirical analysis is based on two large micro-datasets, obtained from the National Agency of Employment Romania and the Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Based on the competing risks specification, conclusions and suggestions for policy-makers are formulated.

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF URBAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF GUDER TOWN, WESTERN SHOA ZONE, ETHIOPIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 318-327
Author(s):  
Amenu Leta Duguma ◽  
Fufa Tesfaye Tolcha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Binary Logit ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Town ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Despite numerous interventions by government and development partners, youth unemployment has remained an intractable challenge in Ethiopia. It creates many social- economic problems in the economy of the country. This study however aimed to identifying the determinants of urban youth unemployment. The study adopted a cross sectional data of urban youth employment-unemployment. The town was purposively selected from the town of west shoa zones. The primary data was collected from 91 sample respondents through interview questionnaire from Guder town proportionally. A descriptive and econometric analysis was employed to meet the main objective of the study. The descriptive analyses results revealed that about 61.5 % of the youth are unemployed while 38.6 % are employed.  Regression results from a binary logit model estimation show that sex, educational level, marital status, skill match and access to credit use of youth are found to be the significant determinants to urban youth unemployment while family prosperity and market information were statistically insignificant to urban youth unemployment in the town. The econometric results suggested the need for the government go aboard on creating jobs through identify employment opportunities and industrialization of agriculture. It also recommended that the government should facilitate formalization of familiar employment which reduces the problem of youth unemployment especially on skilled and educated youth and all secondary schools should have active partnership with employers. As well as government made to increase the availability of initial working capital, the identification of profitable (market gap) business areas and provision of practical training for urban youths to be engaged at their own business.

scholarly journals Determinants of youth unemployment in Uganda: The role of gender, education, residence, and age

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abel Egessa ◽  
John Bosco Nnyanzi ◽  
James Muwanga
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Gender Education

Abstract Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts to poverty reduction. The main objective of the current study is to examine the extent to which gender, education, residence, and age determine youth unemployment in Uganda. Using recent data from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016/17 collected by the Uganda National Bureau of Statistics, we obtained a sample of 5,912 respondents for the ages between 18 years and 30 years. The main findings based on a binary logistic regression approach, reveal that education, gender, residence, and age are all critical in driving youth unemployment. The Ugandan youth who has some level of education is more likely to be unemployed compared to those with no education. But the youth that attended post-secondary education is associated with the highest unemployment probability followed by those with secondary school education and finally by primary education. While an increase in age appears to increase youth unemployment for females, the married youth have less chances of being unemployed compared to the unmarried youth. Moreover, as the probability of being unemployed reduces for the married youth, being divorced increases that probability. Similarly, the male youth are found more likely to be unemployed than their female counterparts. Additionally, the urban youth increased their chances of unemployment compared to the rural ones. Likewise, males are far more likely to remain in unemployment relative to females, just as living in the northern, eastern, or western region as a youth is less risky in terms of unemployment compared to living in the central region. On the other hand, whereas the education level of the household head is not important for youth unemployment, the marital status and gender of the household head are critical. The indirect effects of education, gender, residence, and age are clearly notable. Implications for policy and research are drawn.

Urban Youth Unemployment in South Africa: Socio-Economic and Political Problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mago
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
The Face ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship

This article explores the socio-economic and political problems relating to urban youth unemployment (UYU) in South Africa. The high UYU has become a big challenge and a key issue of debate in contemporary South Africa. With the increasing number of unemployed university graduates, youth unemployment calls for urgent attention. The researcher used a qualitative research methodology for the study, and conducted semi-structured interviews to collect data. Primary data collection was carried out in an online environment using the SurveyMonkey software program. In addition, empirical evidence was gathered from secondary sources. The findings show that UYU is increasing and has become a crisis. Currently, the rate of unemployment is 26.7 per cent, but youth unemployment is around 52 per cent. UYU in South Africa is a “ticking bomb” and is likely to explode in the face of South Africa’s leadership if the problem goes unattended. The article recommends that strategies, such as revamping South Africa’s educational system, creating jobs, developing the skills of the youth, and facilitating youth entrepreneurship, could be used to stem the problem of UYU.  

Socio-Economic and Psychological Risks of Unemployed Youth in Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Degwale Gebeyehu Belay ◽  
Getu Alemu Robi
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Psychological Attributes ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Worldwide Phenomenon ◽  
Unemployed Youth ◽  
Psychological Risks

Urban youth unemployment has become a worldwide phenomenon in which Ethiopia is not an exception. Hawassa as among major cities of Ethiopia has become a home for many unemployed young people. This article has an overall objective of assessing the socio-economic and psychological risks of unemployed youth in Hawassa city. To address this objective, the article adopted both quantitative and qualitative research methods. A total of 157 unemployed youth were taken as a sample. Moreover, FGDs with unemployed youth and key informant interviews with different government institutions were important data collection tools. The findings reveal that unemployment affects the marital status, dignity, self-esteem, social status, education, and other socio-economic and psychological attributes of young people.

URBAN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF A DOLLARISED ECONOMY IN ZIMBABWE

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-117
Author(s):  
Innocent Tonderai Mahiya
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Urban Unemployment ◽  
Rural To Urban Migration

The attainment of independence in Zimbabwe in 1980 was met with a mounting problem of rural to urban migration by people who had long been constrained by the colonial administration (Bond 2003). The influx of migrants into the urban areas quickly swallowed the available jobs that the urban areas could offer to the new urbanites. From the year 1980, urban unemployment has been on the increase and, notably, has been dominated by the youths because of the high mobility that characterises this age group against a shrinking economy and a productive base. Today, urban youth unemployment in Zimbabwe has reached 42 per cent among the urban unemployed, which is among the highest on the continent (Feresu, Chimhowu and Manjengwa 2010).

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