Determinantes of Rural Youth Unemployment in Northwest Ethiopia
2020
Agemas, Yitateku Adugna | Wondimagegnhu, Beneberu Assefa
Youth unemployment is one of the serious challenges facing Ethiopia. It has createdseveral economic and social crises in the country. The problem is high in rural areas in general andthe Yilmanadensadistrict in particular. However, the determinants of youth unemployment in the district are not yet assessed. In light of this problem, the main objective of this study is to identify and examine the determinants of youth unemployment. To realize the specified objective, primary and secondary data sources were used. Primary data were collected employing focus group discussions and semi-structured questionnairesgathered from 197 youths randomly selected in 3villages/kebeles of Yilmanadensa district.Descriptive statistics,chi-square tests, and binary logistic regression were used to analyze data. The study found that 30.96% of the respondents were unemployed while 69.04% of them were employed at the time of the survey. The binary logit model results show that variables such as work experience, skill mismatch, household income, infrastructure, social network, membership toa cooperative and eligibility of the youth for funding were identified as positively and significantlyinfluence the employment status of the rural youth.On the contrary, access to saving and credit services were found to negatively and significantlyinfluence the rural youth employment in Yilmanadensa district. The findings show that the government and other development stakeholders shouldbuild the capacity ofthe rural youth to make them competent in the labor market. They should also address the problem of infrastructures such as access to road, electric power and vocational schools to improve the skill of the rural youth and strengthen their social networks
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