Every year millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper uses the Jobs of the World Database to compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are similar at similar levels of development but young...

Over the last fifty years the topic youth within the System of the United Nations gained considerable importance. A key aspect under the topic youth is global concern of youth unemployment which needs to be addressed efficiently and sustainably. The first chapter of this paper documents the...

The education system has reacted slowly to changes in labour market needs, leading to an increasing number of school leavers without sufficient qualification. In addition, declining PISA scores and a rising share of low achievers are raising concerns about the quality of the future labour force....