Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa
整合68个中低收入国家的调查与普查数据，比较非洲青年与其他地区青年的就业前景，发现非洲青年获得有薪工作的可能性更低，尤其在同龄人规模较大时，并基于供需两侧干预证据讨论政策重点。
Every year, millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper harmonizes surveys and censuses from 68 low- and middle-income countries to compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are similar at similar levels of development but that young adults in Africa are less likely to have a salaried job, especially when the size of their cohort is large. Building on existing evidence on the impacts of interventions targeting both the demand and supply sides of the labor market, we discuss policy priorities for boosting the growth of salaried job creation in the region.