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Jobs for Africa's expanding youth cohort : a stocktaking of employment prospects and policy interventions

Betcherman, Gordon; Khan, Themrise - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 13, pp. 1-20

creation more generally in the region. Employment interventions can mitigate some of these barriers. However, our stocktaking … not adequately reflect the reality that most young people work in agriculture, household enterprises, and self-employment …

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Africa's got work to do : a diagnostic of youth employment challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fox, Louise; Thomas, Alun - In: Journal of African economies 25 (2016), pp. 16-36

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Trade Openness, Labour Market Institutions and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kpognon, Koffi Délali - 2020

employment in sub-Saharan Africa. To do this, we considered a set of 41 countries over the period 2000-2016. The estimation … openness and labour market institutions have no effect on youth employment creation in sub-Saharan Africa. However, when we …

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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries

Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslihan; Zucchini, Emanuele - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 44 (2022) 1, pp. 197-218

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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries

Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021

. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage … improves their access to off-farm employment. The gender gap persists for married young women independent of connectivity …