What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries

Understanding the aspirations and goals of the youth is essential to developing effective employment policies. Policies should be designed to allow educational and professional aspirations of young people to align with pathways to achieving them. T...

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Main Authors:	Costa, Valentina, Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria, Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	YOUTH YOUTH ASPIRATION EDUCATION POLICY YOUTH LABOR POLICY GIRLS EDUCATION PANDEMIC IMPACT YOUTH LABOR MARKET COVID DEPRESSION IMPACT LABOR POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804971641198337007/What-Do-You-Want-to-Be-Youth-Aspirations-in-the-Time-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Evidence-from-Three-Sub-Saharan-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37077

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spelling	okr-10986-370772022-03-04T05:10:40Z What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries Costa, Valentina Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria Palacios-Lopez, Amparo YOUTH YOUTH ASPIRATION EDUCATION POLICY YOUTH LABOR POLICY GIRLS EDUCATION PANDEMIC IMPACT YOUTH LABOR MARKET COVID DEPRESSION IMPACT LABOR POLICY Understanding the aspirations and goals of the youth is essential to developing effective employment policies. Policies should be designed to allow educational and professional aspirations of young people to align with pathways to achieving them. The data collected is nationally representative and age distribution is similar across countries. Recent surveys on youth or sub-populations of youth have included questions to capture career aspirations and life goals in the time of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Incorporating the youth aspirations and employment module for High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) into multi-topic household surveys has several advantages. In conclusion, measuring youth aspirations helps shed light on the possible employment outcomes that can be observed in adulthood and play a role in breaking poverty circles, which is highly relevant for public policy. 2022-03-03T23:51:47Z 2022-03-03T23:51:47Z 2022-02-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804971641198337007/What-Do-You-Want-to-Be-Youth-Aspirations-in-the-Time-of-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Evidence-from-Three-Sub-Saharan-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37077 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Report Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Africa Western and Central (AFW) Africa Africa Ethiopia Malawi Nigeria
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spellingShingle	YOUTH YOUTH ASPIRATION EDUCATION POLICY YOUTH LABOR POLICY GIRLS EDUCATION PANDEMIC IMPACT YOUTH LABOR MARKET COVID DEPRESSION IMPACT LABOR POLICY Costa, Valentina Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria Palacios-Lopez, Amparo What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
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description	Understanding the aspirations and goals of the youth is essential to developing effective employment policies. Policies should be designed to allow educational and professional aspirations of young people to align with pathways to achieving them. The data collected is nationally representative and age distribution is similar across countries. Recent surveys on youth or sub-populations of youth have included questions to capture career aspirations and life goals in the time of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Incorporating the youth aspirations and employment module for High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) into multi-topic household surveys has several advantages. In conclusion, measuring youth aspirations helps shed light on the possible employment outcomes that can be observed in adulthood and play a role in breaking poverty circles, which is highly relevant for public policy.
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author	Costa, Valentina Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
author_facet	Costa, Valentina Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
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title	What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
title_short	What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
title_full	What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
title_fullStr	What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
title_full_unstemmed	What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
title_sort	what do you want to be? : youth aspirations in the time of the covid-19 crisis - evidence from three sub-saharan countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
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What Do You Want to Be? : Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries

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