Support Programmes for Youth Employment and Employability in the Job Sectors in Senegal
Date
2022-08
Authors
Dumas, Tsambou André
Diallo, Thierno Malick
Benjamin, Fomba Kamga
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Publisher
African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
The issue of youth employment remains a major concern in Senegal. In recent years, the
country has implemented several programmes aimed at combating unemployment and
the precariousness of youth employment on the labour market. However, the results
of those programmes are yet to be noticed. The aim of the present study is to assess
the impact of employment support programmes on the integration of young men and
young women into sectors of activity with a high capacity for quality job creation. The
study has four specific objectives. The first objective is to identify the sectors of activity
in which young people are employed most, based on data from national surveys on living
conditions and employment in Senegal. The second is to analyse the quality of jobs held
by the youth in the sectors where they are most employed, taking into consideration
the level of visible and invisible underemployment and the degree of job security and
stability. The third is to construct a composite index of job quality and to determine the
sectors of activity most likely to provide quality jobs, by correcting for potential selection
bias. The fourth is to use the propensity score matching method to assess the impact
of employment support programmes on the youth's access to sectors of activity that
offer quality jobs, based on survey data on the improvement of employment policies
conducted in 2018 among 2,746 individuals in Senegal.