Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes

This paper utilizes a cross-country panel of 83 developing countries to examine how changes in cohort size are correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of development....

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Main Authors: Newhouse, David, Wolff, Claudia
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19455980/cohort-size-youth-employment-outcomes
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spelling okr-10986-183352021-04-23T14:03:44Z Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes Newhouse, David Wolff, Claudia ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS ANNUALIZED CHANGE AVERAGE WAGES COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DUMMY CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL CROSS-SECTION DATA DATA SET DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DIVIDEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGES ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT STATUSES EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXTERNAL FACTORS FAMILY INCOME FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH RATE HIGH INCOME HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INFORMAL SECTOR JOB STATUS JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET OUTCOME LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SURVEYS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LOW INCOME MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MEASUREMENT ERROR MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MORTALITY NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION DATA POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL WAGE REAL WAGES SAFETY SAFETY NETS SALARIED WORKERS SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH WORK This paper utilizes a cross-country panel of 83 developing countries to examine how changes in cohort size are correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of development. In low-income countries, young adults that are born into smaller cohorts are less likely to work, but school attendance remains unchanged. In middle-income countries, young adults in smaller cohorts are less likely to be unemployed and more likely to work outside of agriculture. Neither pattern can be discerned among older adults, although the estimates are imprecise. In sum, reductions in cohort size are associated with moderate improvements in employment outcomes for youth in middle-income countries, but there is scant evidence that these improvements persist into adulthood. 2014-05-14T22:17:31Z 2014-05-14T22:17:31Z 2014-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19455980/cohort-size-youth-employment-outcomes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18335 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6848 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADVANCED COUNTRIES
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
ANNUALIZED CHANGE
AVERAGE WAGES
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
COUNTRY DUMMY
CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL
CROSS-SECTION DATA
DATA SET
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DIVIDEND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFICIENCY WAGES
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT RATES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYMENT STATUSES
EQUILIBRIUM WAGES
EXTERNAL FACTORS
FAMILY INCOME
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH RATE
HIGH INCOME
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB STATUS
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKETS
LOW INCOME
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MIDDLE INCOME
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MORTALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH
OPPORTUNITY COST
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SALARIED WORKERS
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNPAID WORKERS
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH PARTICIPATION
YOUTH POPULATION
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH WORK
spellingShingle ADVANCED COUNTRIES
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
ANNUALIZED CHANGE
AVERAGE WAGES
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
COUNTRY DUMMY
CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL
CROSS-SECTION DATA
DATA SET
DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DIVIDEND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMICS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFICIENCY WAGES
ELASTICITY
EMPIRICAL RESULTS
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT RATES
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EMPLOYMENT STATUSES
EQUILIBRIUM WAGES
EXTERNAL FACTORS
FAMILY INCOME
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GROWTH MODEL
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH RATE
HIGH INCOME
HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME COUNTRIES
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB STATUS
JOBS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET OUTCOME
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LABOUR
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKETS
LOW INCOME
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MEASUREMENT ERROR
MIDDLE INCOME
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MORTALITY
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH
OPPORTUNITY COST
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION DATA
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REAL WAGE
REAL WAGES
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SALARIED WORKERS
SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
SOCIAL SAFETY
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNPAID WORKERS
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORKER
WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
WORKERS
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH PARTICIPATION
YOUTH POPULATION
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH WORK
Newhouse, David
Wolff, Claudia
Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6848
description This paper utilizes a cross-country panel of 83 developing countries to examine how changes in cohort size are correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of development. In low-income countries, young adults that are born into smaller cohorts are less likely to work, but school attendance remains unchanged. In middle-income countries, young adults in smaller cohorts are less likely to be unemployed and more likely to work outside of agriculture. Neither pattern can be discerned among older adults, although the estimates are imprecise. In sum, reductions in cohort size are associated with moderate improvements in employment outcomes for youth in middle-income countries, but there is scant evidence that these improvements persist into adulthood.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Newhouse, David
Wolff, Claudia
author_facet Newhouse, David
Wolff, Claudia
author_sort Newhouse, David
title Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
title_short Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
title_full Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
title_fullStr Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
title_sort cohort size and youth employment outcomes
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19455980/cohort-size-youth-employment-outcomes
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18335
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