Youth Employment in Rural Albania: A Theoretical Approach

Mece, Manuela

doi:10.19044/esj.2016.v12n10p340

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“…However, several factors influence the decision of youths to engage in off-farm employment and to determine the type of jobs they engage in. References [4,[17][18][19] revealed that due to restricted opportunities in rural areas, desperate youths going into off-farm work choose low-paying, unskilled off-farm wage employment to earn a living [4,[18][19][20]. The low employment opportunities for youths in rural areas have been related to the underdevelopment and poor access to economic resources [21].…”

Section: Nigerian Youth Employment and Sustainable Development Policiesmentioning

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Rural Transformation and Labor Market Outcomes among Rural Youths in Nigeria

Rufai

Ogunniyi²,

Salman

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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In Nigeria, unemployment in rural areas translates to economic problems, such as high levels of rural–urban migration. Interventions aimed at promoting rural transformation and development are designed to generate employment by promoting the growth of sectors such as manufacturing and services in rural areas. In this study, the General Household Survey (GHS) panel data for the post-planting and post-harvest periods of the 2011/2012 and 2015/2016 cropping seasons for Nigeria was used to investigate developments in rural areas in Nigeria between 2011 and 2015, and identified how these developments influenced labor market outcomes among rural youths. Fixed effect models were employed to control for unobserved heterogeneity that may exist because of the different years in the data used. Key levers of sustainable social and economic development, such as access to finance, health services, markets, and infrastructure such as electricity, were considered. The empirical results from the study revealed that being educated as well as having access to infrastructure and information had positive effects on the number of youths that took up wage/salary employment in the rural areas. The study concluded that the diversification of youths into other sectors would have higher growth effects on the development of rural areas, as they can invest more in agriculture, while also reducing the level of dependence on the sector. The study recommends an increase in budgetary allocations for education and rural development projects, with a special focus on electricity and financial institutions, while increasing access to information on available job opportunities.

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Section: Nigerian Youth Employment and Sustainable Development Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural Transformation and Labor Market Outcomes among Rural Youths in Nigeria

Rufai

Ogunniyi²,

Salman

et al. 2021

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“…They are the single most important part of the data collection. The researcher is trusting their insight and, therefore, choosing the best possible participants is extremely important (Mece, 2016)…”

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Focus Groups in Hospitality Research Why are they not used in Jordan?

Masadeh

Al-Ababneh

Al-Sabi

et al. 2016

ESJ

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The purpose of this study is to identify the reasons for the lack of focus groups in Jordan by conducting a focus group with twenty four Academics from Jordanian Universities. Focus groups are commonly used for academic purposes and taught at colleges and universities. The outcome of focus groups for marketing, especially in the tourism industry, is a beneficial learning tool. Focus groups, however, are rarely used for a number of reasons. This research tool is foreign to university students, and unless they study abroad, they are not exposed to a wide range of research and education tools. There are barriers that exist with focus groups. These barriers include: government and educational funding, cultural limitations, personal expectations, teaching materials and resources. Following this research, the recommendations are to have focus groups implemented in Jordanian school systems and to conduct focus group training sessions, encourage students to use them as a research tool and explain the link between focus groups and the hospitality industry. By limiting curriculums in Jordanian education systems, students will not have the proper knowledge or skills once they graduate to compete with markets outside of Jordan. Recommendations are discussed based on the author’s research findings.

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The Impact of the Main Determinants and Changes in Agricultural Labour Productivity in Macedonia

Trpeski

Cvetanoska

2018

ESJ

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The aim of this paper is to analyze changes and impacts on the level of labour productivity in the agricultural sector in Macedonia in the period from 2006 to 2017. Labour productivity is an important determinant for establishing the competitiveness of a particular sector or overall economy and helps in creating the necessary conditions for economic development. Agricultural sector in many countries represents the basis for growth in gross domestic product. Agriculture plays a key role in development of the national economy in Macedonia as a third largest sector after services and industry. Therefore, in order to increase the agricultural labour productivity, it is necessary to increase agricultural production, i.e., the part of gross domestic product created by the agriculture sector. In this direction, the paper also analyzes the relationship between agricultural labour productivity and gross domestic product and employment in agriculture. Synthesis and analysis, induction and deduction, descriptive statistics, comparative analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis are used for the purpose of the paper. The results show that changes in gross domestic product in agricultural sector in Macedonia have a greater impact on agricultural labour productivity for the analyzed period compared to the impact of changes in the number of employees in the agriculture sector where the relationship is weak to moderate. Research results also showed that there is a positive and strong quantitative relationship between agricultural labour productivity growth rate and GDP growth rate in Macedonian economy. Agricultural GDP is the determinant which has to be influenced through intensification of agricultural production in order to increase the agricultural productivity.

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Youth Employment in Rural Albania: A Theoretical Approach

Cited by 3 publications

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Rural Transformation and Labor Market Outcomes among Rural Youths in Nigeria

Rural Transformation and Labor Market Outcomes among Rural Youths in Nigeria

Focus Groups in Hospitality Research Why are they not used in Jordan?

The Impact of the Main Determinants and Changes in Agricultural Labour Productivity in Macedonia

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