The determinants of youth labor market integration in Cameroon: is family Socioeconomic-background more effective than education?
Population studies
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Issue: 1
(02 - 2019)
Background: The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of socioeconomic background and
human capital on young people's labor market integration.
A review of the literature suggests that in addition to human capital, other factors not directly
related to
individual productivity play an important role in labor marl‹et integration.
Data Source & Method: The empirical work is based on the analysis of a firsthand biographical
database from Bafia, a Cameroonian city.
Results: Results show that young people from privileged background are more lil‹eIy to swiftly
enter the wage sector than their peers from disadvantaged bacl‹ground.
Conclusion: This result is not only due to the fact that former received more education than the
latter but also because of the existence of a sort of privileged birth-related premium not induced
by the formal education level.
Keywords: youth; social inequality, education effectiveness; Labor market; family background JEL
classification: J24, J62, J63.
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