 A Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis of the Effect of Parents' Educational Status on Youth Employment OutcomesF.G. Sackey, P.N. Amponsah and P. Yeboah Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2019, vol. 43, issue 2, 9-28 Abstract: This study sought to examine the extent to which youth employment outcomes in Ghana are influenced by their individual and family characteristics on the one hand and parents' educational status on the other. A sample size of 250 youths, both employed and unemployed, was used for the study. A probit estimation with marginal effects was used to determine how these individuals and family characteristics influence employment outcomes. The results showed that individual and family characteristics influence employment outcomes. We disentangle educational background of parents and group them into high and low status. A Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition shows that the employment gap between youths with parents of high educational status and those with parents of low educational status is largely influenced by the differences in the individual and other family characteristics of the youths rather than differences in parents' educational status. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rseexx:v:43:y:2019:i:2:p:9-28 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/10800379.2019.12097346 Access Statistics for this article Studies in Economics and Econometrics is currently edited by Willem Bester More articles in Studies in Economics and Econometrics from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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