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School-to-work Transitions of the Youth in Uganda
Edward Bbaale
Center for Basic Research and Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Flow of the presentation• Introduction and study concern
• Objectives of the study
• Methodology
• Findings
• Recommendations
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Introduction• Globally, the population of the youth has grown
exponentially.
• As a result, the number of unemployed youth has rapidly risen.
• The number unemployed youth was 73.4 million as of 2013 (ILO, 2012).
• Uganda’s current population is about 35 million.
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Objectives of the study
• To enhance a deeper understanding of why the youth encounter difficulties in entering and remaining in labor markets.
• The prevailing labor market surveys are deficient in this aspect.
• Do not examine contract situations, earnings, job satisfaction, and not the ease or difficulty of the SWT.
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Methodology
• The primary sampling units in this regard were the households.
• A multi-stage stratified sampling design was used.
• Analytically, we presented descriptive statistics using cross-tabulations, graphs and charts for the variables of interest.
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Results: Age cohorts
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15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34
14%
47%
24%
16%
Results: Gender distribution
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Male Female
57%
43%
Mobility of unemployed youth: willing to move to another location to find work
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
No Moving tocapital city
Move totown/cityother thancapital city
Moving to arural area
Moving toanothercountry
No preference
20%
26%
35%
3%5%
11%
Share of early school leavers and the reasons for leaving school
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Finished thecourse
Failed exams Wanted to startwork
To get married Economic reasons (Couldn’t afford)
Other
20%
1%5%
2%
71%
3%
Some characteristics of the youth in Education
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Future aspirations of the youth in education
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Look for a job Stay at home Further studies Don't know Other
67%
1%
16%
1%
15%
Ever stopped education to work and re-entered at a later date
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Reasons for re-entering the education system
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Couldn't findsuitable work
Neededdifferent
education tochange career
Wasn’t sure what I wanted
to do yet
Finally hadsufficient
money to payfor education
Not ready to face the
‘working’ world yet
Other
3%
60%
1%
29%
4% 3%
Highest education level the youth aspire to attain
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Vocationaltraining
SecondaryEducation
University Post-graduatestudies
Other
12%
2%
57%
28%
1%
Reasons for the choice of the field of study
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Job prospects Prestige/self-esteem An easy field Field of study done bypeers
Field of study likedby parents
70%
19%
8%
2% 1%
Some characteristics of the unemployed youth
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2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Duration of unemployment
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Less than amonth
A month Six Months One year More than a year
4%7%
14%
22%
53%
Discouraged Unemployed youth
• Is one who is currently inactive for a reason that undertaking a job search would be a futile effort.
• 64% of the youth in our sample are discouraged .
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Discouraged Unemployed youth
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Believe no suitable work available (in
area of relevance to one’s skills
Lack of employers'requirements
(qualifications,training, experience,
age, etc.)
Could not findsuitable work
Don't know how orwhere to seek work
8%
22%
25%
9%
Job reservations of Unemployed youth
• We gauged the relative urgency of the job search among unemployed youth by determining:
(i) if they have ever refused a job offer
(ii) if so, for what reasons
(iii) under what conditions they would accept a job offer.
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Ever refused a job offered to you
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Why refuse a job offer
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61%
6% 6% 4% 2% 4% 4% 4%8%
Conditions for the youth to accept any job
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Accept any job,whatever the
conditions
Accept any job,provided it was
stable
Accept any job,provided it was
well paid
Accept any job,provided it was
appropriate to myqualification
Accept a job onlyif it was stable,
well paid and if itwas appropriate
to my level ofqualification
Other
31%
12%
35%
7%
13%
3%
Is there a minimum wage below which you would not work
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Some characteristics of the employed youth
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Quality of employment
• The thresholds for “good” and “bad” and hence decency of employment are difficult to determine.
• At the minimum, “decent” employment can be according to the permanency of the contract and the job satisfaction of the person in question.
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Type of employment contract
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I do not have one I have an oralcontract of
unlimited duration(Permanent)
I have an oralcontract of a limitedduration (temporary
I have a writtencontract of
unlimited duration(permanent)
I have a writtencontract of a limited
duration
52%
28%
11%9%
0%
Extent of satisfaction with the job
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Are you hoping to change the job
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Some characteristics of the Self-employed youth
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Becoming self-employed
• Self-employment for the young worker is argued to be both voluntary than involuntary in nature.
• “Voluntary” motives for choosing self-employment include the desire for:
(a) greater independence,
(b) more flexible working hours, and
(c) higher income.
• “Involuntary” motives include:
(a) could not find a wage job and
(b) no other family member available to take care of the family business
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Reasons for choosing self-employment or own account worker
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Could not find awage or salary
job
Greaterindependence
More flexiblehours of work
Higher incomelevel
Other
35% 35%
4%
20%
6%
Source of start-up capital
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5%
61%
25%
4% 3% 1% 0% 1%
Benefited from a youth enterprise development fund
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Were the funds allocated to you sufficient
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Are government programmes addressing youth unemployment?
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Government programmes are innovative in addressing youth unemployment
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Job Search methods of the unemployed youth
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2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Taken steps to find work or establish own business last month
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Steps taken to seek work in the last month
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Througheducation/training
institution
Checking atworksites
Answering adverts Throughfriends/relatives
Looking for land,machinery,
equipment toestablish own
business
Arranging forfinancial resourcesto start a business
4%
37%
15%
34%
3%
7%
Received assistance from Employment services
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Main Obstacle for finding a good job
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26%
17%
3%5%
24%
2% 3%
7%
3%
10%
What can be done to address these obstacles?
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20%
4%
34%
13%
0%
10%12%
7%
Education/Training Received useful in getting a job
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Very useful Somewhat useful Not useful Do not know
29%
34%36%
1%
Job search methods and duration of search
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Search Strategies/duration of unemployment
Less
than a
month
A
month
Six
months
One
year
More
than
one
year Total
Through Education/training Institution 0 0 17 67 17 4
Checking at work sites 2 3 19 19 58 37
Answering adverts 4 9 17 39 30 15
Through friends and relatives 0 8 13 21 58 34
Looking for land, building,
machinery/equipment to start own enterprise 0 25 0 25 50 3
Arranging financial resources to start a business 0 8 8 15 69 8
Source: own Survey data set
STAGES OF TRANSITION
• Matsumoto and Elder (2010) define a youth who has ‘transited’ to be one currently employed in:
(i) a fixed-term and satisfactory job;
(ii) a fixed-term but non-satisfactory job;
(iii) a temporary but satisfactory job; or
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STAGES OF TRANSITION
• A youth “in transition” has either of the following current statuses:
(i) employed in a temporary and non-satisfactory job;
(ii) in wage & salaried employment with no contract;
(iii) self-employed and unsatisfied;
(iv) in unpaid family employment (both satisfactory and non-satisfactory);
(v) unemployed; or
(vi) inactive and not in school, with an aim to work later.
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STAGES OF TRANSITION
• A youth “not transited” has either of the following current statuses:
(i) still in school; or
(ii) inactive and not in school, with no intention of looking for work.
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Average percentage of the employed youth by transition status
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2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Mostly satisfied Mostly unsatisfied Overall Transition Status
No contract 33 67 52 in transition
Permanent contract 52 48 36 Transited
Temporary contract 46 54 11 46% transited, 54% in transition
Source: own Survey data set
Conclusions and implications• Governments should be mindful of the influx of the youth
to urban centers.
• Need to re-orient the education system to make it more relevant to the job market. Majority of the youth re-entered the education system.
• Government needs to demystify the association of vocational education to failures. The majority of the youth look at university education as a sign of success.
• The government needs to put in place a legal framework that ensures a minimum wage.
• The majority of the youth do not have employment contracts
11/24/2014 IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th 2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Conclusions and implications• Youth chose self-employment for both voluntary and
involuntary motives; greater independence, higher income level, couldn’t find a wage/salary job. Conducive environment required.
• Self-employed youth obtained start-up capital from own savings. Yet very few youth ever benefited from government youth fund. Need to strengthen the programme.
• The majority of the youth argued that government programmes were not addressing youth unemployment and were not innovative.
11/24/2014IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th
2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Conclusions and implications
• Job search is dominated by informal methods like social networks and checking at worksites. Need to make public employment services functional.
• The leading obstacles to finding a good job are no education, unsuitable general education, and not enough jobs.
• Solutions suggested are providing financial help, technical education, and entrepreneurship training.
• Some job search methods become more important while others become less important as unemployment episode increases.
11/24/2014IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th
2014, Kigali-Rwanda
Conclusions and implications
• Putting in place better designed labour market institutions that ensure career planning and placements.
• Timely and relevant labour market information is one element that can ease the policymaking process. This can help to identify vulnerable groups.
11/24/2014IDRC Youth Regional Workshop 24th-25th
2014, Kigali-Rwanda