Youth Underemployment in the Western Balkans: A Multidimensional Approach

Petreski, Blagica; Dávalos, Jorge; Tumanoska, Despina

doi:10.1080/00128775.2020.1835491

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“…In the male underemployed group, the level of education has not been able to illustrate that higher education will be able to reduce a person's chances of being partially unemployed. This is different from research Petreski et al (2020) which shows that the higher a person's education, the less likely he is to be underemployed. Meanwhile, in the underemployed women group, the chances of someone with a secondary education have the highest chance of being underemployed.…”

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“…Demographic characteristics that determine workers to be underemployed include gender, marital status, education, age and place of residence. Young women may be more vulnerable to being underemployed (Acosta-Ballesteros et al, 2017;Petreski et al, 2020), due to their increased inactivity in the labor market, driven by factors such as child and elderly care, domestic work, conservative cultural beliefs and so on (Mojsoska-blazevski, 2017). The marital status of young workers gives different results for men and women, Taşçi (2005) research found that married workers appear to reduce the likelihood of being underemployed for women, but not for men.…”

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“…Furthermore, underemployment is more likely among those with low levels of education (Hernández, 2018;Slack et al, 2019;Stéphane, 2019). However, research conculusion from Petreski et al (2020) shows that young workers with low and secondary education are less likely to be underemployed than youth with higher education. The school participation of a worker does not have a significant effect on the underemployment but significantly reduces the chances of being employed (Acosta-Ballesteros et al, 2017).…”

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Youth Underemployment in Sulawesi

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Underemployment provides a picture of the imperfection of the labor market which causes the capacity of the workforce to be unable to be optimally utilized. Many studies state that young workers are very vulnerable to being underemployed. Youth is the driving force of a country's economic development, so the labor problems inherent in youth must be resolved properly. This study aims to analyze the factors affecting underemployment among young people in Sulawesi Island. The data used in this research is SAKERNAS August 2019 data. The method of analysis used is multinomial logistic regression analysis, where the independent variables of this study are variables related to the individual and occupational characteristics of the young population. This research shows that there are differences in the factors that affect underemployment of young men and women, especially in education and business. The weakness of this research is the unavailability of micro data that can describe labor market conditions.

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“…Some also tend to be underemployed as jobs that fitted their qualifications were not readily available. This observation tends to corroborate other studies that continually report underemployment among graduates worldwide (Jackson & Li, 2021;Ndiuini & Baum, 2021;Petreski et al, 2021;Searle, 2019), in developing nations (Kanwal et al, 2020;Ngwenya et al, 2020;Usoro et al, 2021) and Nigeria in particular (Agu et al, 2020;Angioha et al, 2018;Nwajiuba et al, 2020;Raifu et al, 2020).…”

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Existing literature on entrepreneurship education has continually highlighted its potential for job creation. However, much attention has not been paid to the restructuring of the curriculum that can enable entrepreneurship education to thrive for job creation. This study used a structural equation modelling approach to understand the mediating role that the deployment of emerging Internet Applications (IAs) play in the nexus between curriculum restructuring and job creation. Being a quantitative study, a virtual snowball sample of 4,628 higher education graduates (males = 2,362; females = 2,266) participated in an electronic survey that was designed by the researchers. Results indicate that curriculum restructuring has a substantial link with the deployment of emerging Internet Applications and job creation respectively. The deployment of emerging Internet applications substantially contributes to the job creation activities of Nigerian graduates. There is a significant positive mediation effect of the deployment of emerging Internet applications on the link between curriculum restructuring and job creation by Nigerian graduates. Based on these results practical implications are discussed, while it was concluded that curriculum restructuring and the deployment of emerging Internet applications are very important variables for job creation.

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“…Following the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates, the 10 percentage point decrease in GDP converts on average into the 8.1 percentage point decrease in youth employment in comparison to the 6.3 percentage point decrease for adults. Given that young people are mostly represented in contractual arrangements featuring the so-called gig economy, which is characterised by unstable, flexible, temporary or freelance jobs, it makes them more vulnerable in the modern labour markets (Petreski et al, 2021). Not only do such contractual arrangements play a noticeable role in defining the employment status of a worker, but also in many cases their active labour market policy eligibility (Romero & Kuddo, 2019).…”

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Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policies in the EU Countries for the Young Unemployed People and Implications for the Post-pandemic Period

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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerability of young people in the labour market. Young people are faced with risks and an uncertain future, as well as changing the nature of labour markets. Active labour market policies are addressed as the main instrument to improve employment possibilities of young people in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic situation and its aftermath. This paper analyses the effectiveness of active labour market policies in reducing youth unemployment for the EU-26 Member States using aggregate data. Based on dynamic generalised methods of moments-GMM panel data approach, we find that active labour market policies do not support reduction of youth unemployment. Moreover, unfavourable prospects in the formal sector push young people into the informal sector. Considering the multiple shocks with which young people are being faced with, and the long-term pandemic impact, it suggests the scarring effect for young people. The analysis of the effectiveness of active labour market policy in reducing youth unemployment is of particular policy relevance, as the negative effects of the pandemic COVID-19 crisis are imminent, and the labour market situation is expected to worsen due to the fall in economic activity. Different measures of success would bring societal benefits not only from the public health perspective, but also from the perspective of well-being of young people. Moreover, OECD & European Commission (2022), in their joint policy brief, argue that investing in the growth sectors such as the circular economy, digital economy and the green economy would have the potential to employ young job seekers.

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Youth Underemployment in the Western Balkans: A Multidimensional Approach

Cited by 8 publications

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Youth Underemployment in Sulawesi

Youth Underemployment in Sulawesi

Curriculum Restructuring and Job Creation Among Nigerian Graduates: The Mediating Role of Emerging Internet Applications

Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policies in the EU Countries for the Young Unemployed People and Implications for the Post-pandemic Period

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