Change and rigidity in youth employment patterns in Malawi

Todd Benson, Alvina Erman and Bob Baulch

Chapter 6 in Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts, 2019, pp yj137-171 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Chapter 6 addresses Malawi’s weak agricultural transformation, and asks if rural households, particularly youth, are engaging in multiple forms of employment that may not be adequately reflected in national data.

Keywords: rural youth; educational systems; youth employment; demographic transition; employment; youth; migration; governance; economic trends; Malawi; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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