La formation influence-t-elle le sous-emploi visible chez les jeunes âgés de 15 à 34 ans au Cameroun ?

Christian ZAMO Akono and Vincent de Paul NEGOU KAMGA
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Christian ZAMO Akono: Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Vincent de Paul NEGOU KAMGA: Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Les Cahiers du CEDIMES, 2025, vol. 20, issue 2, 208-231

Abstract: The aim of the study is to assess the effects of non-formal and formal training on the visible underemployment of young people aged between 15 and 34 in Cameroon. Estimates using the probit model and the Fairlie decomposition were based on the Survey of Employment and the Informal Sector conducted in 2010. The econometric results, taking into account the selection bias, show that having completed vocational training adapted to the job significantly and positively reduces the probability of being visibly underemployed, for both girls and boys. At 0.55%, this effect is more pronounced for girls than for boys (0.49%). Level of education also has an effect on visible underemployment. The analysis shows that the probability of moving out of visible underemployment decreases with the level of education. Young people with primary education have a 0.50% lower probability of leaving visible underemployment. For girls, this probability is 0.48%, compared with 0.70% for boys. For young people with a higher education profile, the probability of being underemployed is reduced by 0.29% overall. According to the gender approach, girls have a reduced probability of being underemployed of 0.28%, compared with 0.40% for boys. Analysis of the decomposition shows that 22.26% of the difference between girls and boys in visible underemployment is explained by observable characteristics, and 77.64% of this difference between young people remains unexplained.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.69611/cahiers20-2-14

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