Understanding Youth in Arab Countries

Tahar Harkat and Ahmed Driouchi

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Abstract: The following contribution is a synthesis of many contributions (Driouchi & Harkat, 2017a; 2017b; 2017c; 2017d; 2017e; Harkat, Driouchi, and Achehboune, 2016a; 2016b; and Harkat and Driouchi, 2017) and aims at analyzing the situation of the youngest segments in Arab economies. Findings indicate that the values, and the way women is perceived as a player in the economy by older generations did not change. But with regard to work attribute, they have changed significantly. With regard to macroeconomic threats, they are perceived more by young individuals in non-GCC countries than young individuals in GCC countries. The remaining four sections indicate the impact of vocational and general education on macroeconomic and social variables, the status as well as the determinants of youth unemployment, the status and determinants of young individuals not in education, not in employment, and not in training (or NEETs), and the impact of the demographic dividend on the NEETs. Empirical results indicate that the situation and impact of the youth differs from each Arab economy to another.

Keywords: Arab countries; Arab youth; generation Y; NEETs; unemployment; education; demographic dividend; policies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 I32 J11 J13 J68 M54 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-01-10
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