THE DETERMINANTS OF INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION: THE CASE OF MALAYSIAN GRADUATES

Hock-Eam Lim ()
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Hock-Eam Lim: Economics Building, Universiti Utara Malaysia

Journal of Global Management, 2011, vol. 2, issue 2, 184-203

Abstract: This paper estimates determinants of individual unemployment duration of Malaysian graduates. Estimation result suggests that lack of proficiency in English, a mismatch between the type of graduation degree and the requirements for the available jobs in the labor market, family background, state of happiness in overall life, self-expectation on one’s employability and some socio-demographic characteristics (such as ethnicity) are significant determinants of graduate unemployment duration in Malaysia. Specifically, the ‘hypothesis of selection’ in literature of happiness studies is supported; non-English languages proficiency (including Chinese) has no significant impact; and it is imperative to have a realistic self-expectation on one’s employability.

Keywords: Unemployment duration; Malaysian graduates; proportional hazard model; hypothesis of selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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