[ Programmes d’Insertion Professionnelle et Employabilité des Jeunes Diplômés au Cameroun ]
Volume 22, Issue 1, December 2017, Pages 64–77
Innocents KOLLO BANDIBENO1
1 Département des sciences de gestion, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FSEG), Centre de Recherche en Economie et Gestion (CEREG), Université de Yaoundé II-Soa, Cameroon
Original language: French
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The African continent is one of the continents in the world where the proportion of young people is as high as possible. Some of the major challenges facing young people include unemployment and underemployment, among others. In view of this situation, the question of employability and the employability of young graduates remains more than ever a highly sought-after object and a crucial problem facing the developing countries, notably Cameroon. The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of vocational integration programs on the employability of young graduates. It emphasizes the importance of evaluation mechanisms in the direction of programs. The data of this work are the result of a survey carried out in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala on the employability of young graduates. Our sample is made up of 637 young people, including 143 beneficiaries of the various vocational integration programs. Econometric tests show the significant importance of youth employment policies. Indeed, the estimation of the model shows that the selection of the beneficiaries of the different programs does not take into account the temporal dependence of young people on the states that reduce their employability. Moreover, the model refutes the existence of a significant effect on the exit from unemployment in the post-program situation.
Author Keywords: Workforce Development, Employability, Unemployment, Youth Graduate.
Volume 22, Issue 1, December 2017, Pages 64–77
Innocents KOLLO BANDIBENO1
1 Département des sciences de gestion, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FSEG), Centre de Recherche en Economie et Gestion (CEREG), Université de Yaoundé II-Soa, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2017 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The African continent is one of the continents in the world where the proportion of young people is as high as possible. Some of the major challenges facing young people include unemployment and underemployment, among others. In view of this situation, the question of employability and the employability of young graduates remains more than ever a highly sought-after object and a crucial problem facing the developing countries, notably Cameroon. The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of vocational integration programs on the employability of young graduates. It emphasizes the importance of evaluation mechanisms in the direction of programs. The data of this work are the result of a survey carried out in the cities of Yaoundé and Douala on the employability of young graduates. Our sample is made up of 637 young people, including 143 beneficiaries of the various vocational integration programs. Econometric tests show the significant importance of youth employment policies. Indeed, the estimation of the model shows that the selection of the beneficiaries of the different programs does not take into account the temporal dependence of young people on the states that reduce their employability. Moreover, the model refutes the existence of a significant effect on the exit from unemployment in the post-program situation.
Author Keywords: Workforce Development, Employability, Unemployment, Youth Graduate.
Abstract: (french)
Le continent africain est l’un des continents au monde où la proportion des jeunes est la plus élevée possible. Parmi les défis majeurs auxquels font face cette jeunesse, figurent entre autres le chômage et le sous-emploi etc. Au regard de cette situation, la question de l’insertion professionnelle et l’employabilité des jeunes diplômés demeure plus que jamais, un objet de recherche très prisé et un problème crucial que connaissent les pays en voie de développement notamment le Cameroun. L’objet de cet article est d’examiner l’effet des programmes d’insertion professionnelle sur l’employabilité des jeunes diplômés. Il souligne, l’importance des mécanismes d’évaluation sur l’orientation des programmes. Les données de ce travail sont issues d’une enquête réalisée dans les villes de Yaoundé et Douala sur l’insertion professionnelle et l’employabilité des jeunes diplômés. Notre échantillon est constitué de 637 jeunes dont 143 bénéficiaires des différents programmes d’insertion professionnelle. Les tests économétriques réalisés montrent l’importance significative des politiques d’emploi jeunes. En effet, l’estimation du modèle montre que la sélection des bénéficiaires des différents programmes ne tiens pas compte de la dépendance temporelle des jeunes aux états qui amenuisent leur employabilité. De plus, le modèle réfute l’existence d’un effet significatif sur la sortie du chômage dans la situation post programme.
Author Keywords: Insertion Professionnelle, Employabilité, Chômage, Jeunes, Diplômés.
How to Cite this Article
Innocents KOLLO BANDIBENO, “Programs of Professional Insertion and Employability of Young Graduates in Cameroon,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 64–77, December 2017.
