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A policy for the jobless youth in South Africa: Individual impacts of the Employment Tax IncentiveThis paper uses survey and tax administrative data to analyse the effects of a sizeable employer-borne payroll tax credit for young, low-wage workers in South Africa...
Employment Youth Wage subsidyBackground Note
Expanding a wage subsidy during lockdownIntroduction The South African youth wage subsidy started in 2014 to increase employment and create jobs for low-wage youth. The subsidy was temporarily raised in value and expanded to reach more workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Youth unemployment Youth UnemploymentBlog
Precarious employment for youth in Egypt, Jordan, and TunisiaYouth (those aged 15–29) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face notoriously precarious employment prospects...
Labour market outcomes Gender equality; Labour markets InformalityWorking Paper
Youth unemployment hysteresis in South Africa: Macro-micro analysisThis study simulates the macro-micro economic impacts of the employment policy, focusing on hysteresis in youth unemployment in South Africa...
Computable general equilibrium Youth unemployment Employment policyWorking Paper
Vulnerable employment of Egyptian, Jordanian, and Tunisian youth: Trends and determinantsYouths in the Middle East and North Africa face the highest unemployment rates in the world. Those who are employed are pushed to accept informal sector jobs that are insecure, unsafe, and lack non-wage benefits...
Vulnerable employment Informality Youth unemploymentWorking Paper
Can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment?: Evidence from South AfricaThe paper examines the incidence and employment impacts of the Employment Tax Incentive, a South African wage subsidy system that is targeted at the employers of low-wage youth...
Employment Youth unemployment TaxationPolicy Brief
Employment expectations of university students in Mozambique: Results from a baseline surveyBefore now, there has been no systematic study of the transition of university students as they finish their studies and enter the labour market...
Employment Education WagesReport
Baseline Survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in MozambiqueThe survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in Mozambique aims to respond to the concerns of the Government of Mozambique and development partners with respect to youth employment in the country...
Employment Education WagesBlog
Employing young people in South Africa: What role has the Employment Tax Incentive played?
South Africa has some of the highest rates of joblessness in the world and youth unemployment is particularly severe. Roughly two in five young South Africans who want work cannot find it, according to labour force surveys...
Youth unemployment Tax incentive South AfricaWorking Paper
The effects of the Employment Tax Incentive on South African employmentSouth Africa’s Employment Tax Incentive, launched in 2014, aimed to address low youth employment by reducing the cost of hiring young workers...
Wage subsidy South Africa Youth unemployment