A Glimpse of Urban Youth Unemployment in Ethiopia

Gizaw, Shumete

doi:10.4314/ejdr.v33i1.68613

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“…Because resources are not adequately utilized in these countries, total production in those nations is below its potential level, which contributes to the decline of a healthy society (Maqbool et al, 2013). In addition to managing their lives as expected to support parents and dependent families, youth from metropolitan regions are particularly affected by unemployment, which has broader implications for Ethiopia (Shumet, 2011;.…”

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Socio-Economic and Demographic Factors That Determine Urban Youth Unemployment in Somali Regional State, Ethiopia

Abdulahi

2023

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Youth is the essential entrepreneurial force for every country's social, political, and economic development. Urban youth make up about 34.27 percent of the population in Ethiopia. The youth unemployment crisis is one of the serious challenges that Ethiopia is facing nowadays, and it should be mentioned in the nation's public discourse. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to specify the socioeconomic and demographic factors that influence urban youth unemployment in the Somali Regional State, specifically in Jigjiga, Degahbour, Kebridahar, Gode, and Dollo Ado towns. Both primary and secondary data sources were employed. A multi-stage sampling technique has been used to select 385 sample respondents from the total population of the study. This study found that almost 63% of youth in the study area were unemployed, and a large number of unemployed youths live in Jigjiga and Dollo Ado Towns as compared to other city administrations. The econometric model's findings indicate that factors like gender, education level, work experience, access to credit, access to information, time applied for job vacancy, active job seeker, social network (network with clan elders, government officials, businessmen, and other friends), and residence in Jigjiga and Gode town have a significant association with the likelihood of youth unemployment in the Somali regional state. Therefore, this study recommends that the regional government and local city administration should develop effective policies and strategies to address the underlying causes of gender inequality, improving access and quality of education, supporting freshman graduates to find jobs, providing access to credit and job vacancies, ensuring fair and free job competition, and managing youth migration for job seeking.

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