Data and Code for: Youths, Jobs and the Development of Africa

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science; Ahmed Elsayed, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics; Andrea Smurra, University College London; Céline Zipfel, Stockholm School of Economics

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ITU.dta application/x-stata-dta 1.4 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
WPP2019_POP_F07_1_POPULATION_BY_AGE_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 10.3 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
gender_age18to24.dta application/x-stata-dta 823.2 KB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_admin1.dta application/x-stata-dta 1.1 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_adminXwealth.dta application/x-stata-dta 3.8 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_admin_young.dta application/x-stata-dta 1.1 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_age18to24.dta application/x-stata-dta 563.1 KB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_cohortJEP.dta application/x-stata-dta 1.1 MB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM
pooled_cross_country.dta application/x-stata-dta 434.9 KB 01/23/2022 09:28:AM

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
Today, one in five youths who enter the labor market is born in Africa. By 2050, it will be one in three. The record figure of young Africans seeking employment is the outcome of different fertility trends across the world: fertility has been falling everywhere, but much more slowly in Africa. This paper present evidence on the labor market consequences of these differences for the young labor market entrants in Africa, compared to older generations and to their counterparts in other low- and middle-income regions of the world. We study how job opportunities depend on the demographic structure and which policies can be implemented to counteract the demographic pressure.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Labor Markets; Demographic trend; international development
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      J23 Labor Demand
      O10 Economic Development: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Africa
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source
  • Demographics and Health Surveys (various)
  • IPUMS International Census data (various)
  • International Telecommunication Union
  • UN World Population Prospect 2019

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V1 [2022-02-01]

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