Determinants of youth unemployment in Uganda: The role of gender, education, residence, and age

Determinants of youth unemployment in Uganda: The role of gender, education, residence, and age

Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts to poverty reduction. The main objective of the current stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Egessa Abel, Nnyanzi John Bosco, Muwanga James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-09-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Subjects:
youth
unemployment
gender
education
residence
age
binomial logit
uganda
unhs 2016/17
c21
d01
j21
j23
j64
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2021-0008

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https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2021-0008

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