Determinants of Graduate Youth Unemployment (A Case Study in West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia)

International Journal of Islamic Business and Economics (IJIBEC)

Diriba Ayele Gebisa¹  Negash Geleta Etana¹ 

[1] Ambo University Ethiopia;

关键词: unemployment;    graduate youth;    binary logistic regression;    odds ratio;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.28918/ijibec.v3i2.1573

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Today, youth unemployment is a common agenda and a critical issue of all countries; particularly in developing countries. In Ethiopia, lack of employment opportunities for educated young people is a critical development challenges facing the country. The objective of this study was to identify the determinants of graduate youth unemployment. To answer the research objective data was collected by a structured questionnaire from 312 samples of respondents, wherein a snow ball sampling technique was used and data was analysed using mixed research design, descriptive and casual design; where a binary logistic regression model used to examine the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The result indicated that amongst the nine variables of the determinants of graduate youth unemployment; education, number of graduates, work experience, career advice, market information, family income, aspire to the low-income job, and education quality, all were significantly affected unemployment rate except entrepreneurial ability. As a result, based on these findings, it can be recommended that there is a critical need for government, NGOs and all other stakeholders to work on these determinants to reduce graduate unemployment

【 授权许可】

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