Affiliation:
1. University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Minneapolis Minnesota USA
2. St. Catherine University St. Paul Minnesota USA
Abstract
AbstractAlthough it is well‐established in the literature that unemployment is a labour market insertion problem in the Middle East and North Africa, the dynamics driving unemployment remain poorly understood. Using data from the Labor Market Panel Surveys in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, we offer insights into youth unemployment by studying flows into and out of unemployment. Female youth and Tunisian youth of both genders are particularly likely to experience long periods of unemployment. Educated youth from higher socioeconomic status backgrounds are more likely to experience unemployment, but there is not a strong relationship between background and unemployment duration.
Subject
Geography, Planning and Development,Demography