Working Paper

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

author(s) Alfonsi, L. - Bandiera, O. - Bassi, V. - Burgess, R. - Rasul, I. - Sulaiman, M. - Vitali, A.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Alfonsi, L., Bandiera, O., Bassi, V., Burgess, R., Rasul, I., Sulaiman, M. and Vitali, A. (2017) Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experience in Uganda

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Abstract

Youth unemployment and underemployment are key policy challenges in the developing world. In this paper, the authors present evidence from a two-sided labor market experiment, involving treatment and control workers and firms, both tracked over 4 years. The experiment examines two explanations for youth unemployment: that young workers lack skills, or because they face labor market entry barriers. This research was funded under the Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) Programme

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