Publication: What Do You Want to Be?: Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries
Date
2022-02-01
ISSN
Published
2022-02-01
Author(s)
Costa, Valentina
Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria
Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
Abstract
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.
Citation
“Costa, Valentina; Contreras Gonzalez, Ivette Maria; Palacios-Lopez, Amparo. 2022. What Do You Want to Be?: Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Crisis - Evidence from Three Sub-Saharan Countries. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37077 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”