Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250643 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14982
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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 adults in Africa are less likely to have a salaried job, especially when the size of their cohort is large. Building on existing evidence on the impacts of interventions targeting both the demand and supply sides of the labor market, we discuss policy priorities for boosting the growth of salaried job creation in the region.
Subjects: 
young adults
employment
salaried jobs
Africa
JEL: 
J01
J08
J21
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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