Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market

In many regions of the world, the persistent, and growing, proportion of young people who are currently not in employment, education, or training is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30 percent of the Moroccan population bet...

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Main Authors:	Alfani, Federica, Clementi, Fabio, Fabiani, Michele, Molini, Vasco, Valentini, Enzo
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	LABOR MARKET SYNTHETIC PANEL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY POVERTY REDUCTION LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/152331589219064621/Once-NEET-Always-NEET-A-Synthetic-Panel-Approach-to-Analyze-the-Moroccan-Labor-Market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33747

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spelling	okr-10986-337472022-09-20T00:12:06Z Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo LABOR MARKET SYNTHETIC PANEL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY POVERTY REDUCTION LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT In many regions of the world, the persistent, and growing, proportion of young people who are currently not in employment, education, or training is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30 percent of the Moroccan population between ages 15 and 24 are currently not in employment, education, or training. Drawing from various rounds of Moroccan labor force surveys, this paper contributes to understanding the complex dynamics of labor markets in developing countries. First, it identifies the socioeconomic determinants of Morocco's young population not in employment, education, or training. Second, employing a synthetic panel methodology in the context of labor market analysis, the paper describes how the conditions of individuals in this group has changed over time. One striking, and worrisome, pattern that emerges from the 2010 synthetic panel data is that, even after 10 years, a majority of the young population not in employment, education, or training remained outside the labor market or education, with very little chance of moving out of their situation. Their chronic stagnancy confirms the powerful effect that initial conditions have on determining young people's future outcomes. 2020-05-14T14:38:45Z 2020-05-14T14:38:45Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/152331589219064621/Once-NEET-Always-NEET-A-Synthetic-Panel-Approach-to-Analyze-the-Moroccan-Labor-Market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33747 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9238 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Morocco
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topic	LABOR MARKET SYNTHETIC PANEL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER EQUALITY POVERTY REDUCTION LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT
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description	In many regions of the world, the persistent, and growing, proportion of young people who are currently not in employment, education, or training is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30 percent of the Moroccan population between ages 15 and 24 are currently not in employment, education, or training. Drawing from various rounds of Moroccan labor force surveys, this paper contributes to understanding the complex dynamics of labor markets in developing countries. First, it identifies the socioeconomic determinants of Morocco's young population not in employment, education, or training. Second, employing a synthetic panel methodology in the context of labor market analysis, the paper describes how the conditions of individuals in this group has changed over time. One striking, and worrisome, pattern that emerges from the 2010 synthetic panel data is that, even after 10 years, a majority of the young population not in employment, education, or training remained outside the labor market or education, with very little chance of moving out of their situation. Their chronic stagnancy confirms the powerful effect that initial conditions have on determining young people's future outcomes.
format	Working Paper
author	Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo
author_facet	Alfani, Federica Clementi, Fabio Fabiani, Michele Molini, Vasco Valentini, Enzo
author_sort	Alfani, Federica
title	Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
title_short	Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
title_full	Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
title_fullStr	Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
title_full_unstemmed	Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
title_sort	once neet, always neet? a synthetic panel approach to analyze the moroccan labor market
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/152331589219064621/Once-NEET-Always-NEET-A-Synthetic-Panel-Approach-to-Analyze-the-Moroccan-Labor-Market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33747
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Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market

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