Impact of Employment Support Programs on the Quality of Youth Employment: Evidence from Senegal's Internship Program

André Tsambou (), Thierno Malick Diallo (), Benjamin Fomba Kamga () and Simplice Asongu
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André Tsambou: University of Yaoundé II, Soa, Cameroon
Thierno Malick Diallo: University of Gaston Berger, Senegal
Benjamin Fomba Kamga: University of Yaoundé II, Soa, Cameroon

No 23/079, Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. from African Governance and Development Institute.

Abstract: Youth unemployment is major policy concern in Senegal. The country has in recent years, implemented several programs to combat unemployment and the precariousness of youth employment in the labor market. However, the results of these programs are to date hardly perceptible. The objective of this work is to assess the impact of employment support programs on the quality of youth employment. We provide empirical evidence of the effect of the apprenticeship program implemented by the National State-Employer Convention in facilitating youth access to quality employment. Job quality is determined using an index that captures multiple wage and non-wage dimensions of job quality. Using survey data on the improvement of employment policies from 2746 individuals, we use the endogenous switching regression method and the propensity score matching method to assess and compare the impact of the apprenticeship program on the quality of jobs held by young men and women. The results show that the apprenticeship program has a positive and significant impact on job quality. Indeed, we find that the quality of employment is better for young men and women who benefited from the internship program than for those who did not. We find, however, that there is a difference in job quality between males and females who received the program. The differences in job quality are explained more by differences in job characteristics but are not directly related to gender or age.

Keywords: Youth; Labor market; quality of employment; Senegal; Apprenticeship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J4 M53 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 2023-01
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