Well-being and employment of young people in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam Is work enough?

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作者
Carmichael, Fiona [1 ]
Darko, Christian K. [1 ]
Vasilakos, Nicholas [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham Business Sch, Birmingham, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ East Anglia, Norwich Business Sch, Norwich, Norfolk, England
关键词
job quality; life course; low-income countries; well-being; youth employment; PART-TIME WORK; LABOR-MARKET; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; JOB-SATISFACTION; PRECARIOUS WORK; EDUCATION; WOMEN; PREDICTORS; HEALTH; YOUTH;
D O I
10.1111/dpr.12565
中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Motivation Investing in youth employment is central to development agendas. However, policy directed towards increasing employment rates among young people needs to consider the well-being implications of the different kinds of jobs they are able to access. This would help countries to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of decent work for all, including young people, by 2030. Purpose This article examines the association between the well-being of young people in Ethiopia, Peru, India, and Vietnam and their employment and the job attributes of the work they do. Methods and approach The study uses five waves of the Young Lives longitudinal survey for a sample of children who are followed from the ages of eight to 22. Regression analysis estimates the relationship between well-being, employment, and job attributes, taking into account gender, wealth, current, and childhood health, and exposure to shocks over life-courses from the age of eight. Findings The results show that in these four countries, employment does not have an unqualified positive effect on well-being. Not all jobs are "good jobs." Job attributes matter, specifically, who employs the individual, their pay, the work environment, and the pride they take in their work. Well-being is predicted by current and childhood health and household wealth with ownership of consumer durables associated more strongly with well-being than housing quality or access to services. Greater exposure to shocks from the age of eight is found to have lasting effects on well-being into young adulthood. Policy implications Policy aimed at improving young people's opportunities for employment in the Global South also to consider the types of jobs they are able to access and how this impacts their well-being. Policy also needs to take into account pre-labour market conditions and circumstances.
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