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Vocational Training for Youth Unemployment: Skills Assessment and Job Search in Ethiopia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H00857
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionInstitute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

Principal Investigator

Fukunishi Takahiro  独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 開発研究センター, 主任調査研究員 (80450526)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 町北 朋洋  京都大学, 東南アジア地域研究研究所, 准教授 (70377042)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥15,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,570,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
Keywords職業訓練 / 労働市場 / シグナル / スキルマッチ / アフリカ / スキル / ジョブサーチ / COVID-19 / スキル認証
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project investigates employment of young people who graduated vocational education in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia through three rounds of tracer surveys covering 1033 samples. The surveys reveal that graduates who passed the skill assessment and those who use skills that they learned in a school at their workplaces earn higher wages on average. Also, those who passed the assessment get higher wages even when they do not use learned skills at their workplaces. The last finding may be interpreted that vocational training provides general skills applicable to various tasks as well as specific skills that is productive in targeted tasks.
This contributes to the literature by clearly showing training effects when learned skills and tasks at a workplace are not matched.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

職業訓練は若年層の失業問題を解決する政策として開発途上国で拡充されているが、サブサハラ・アフリカ諸国において、職業訓練校の卒業生を長期にわたって調査した例は管見の限りでは他にみられない。職業訓練での学習が高い賃金に結び付いていることが確認されたが、学んだスキルと業務の一致が賃金に影響すること、しかし、一致しない場合でもスキルテストの合格が賃金を上昇させるなどの詳細が明らかになった。特に、最後の点は、職業訓練が特定の職種にのみ有効な固有スキルだけでなく、多様な職種で有効な一般スキルの形成に有効であることを示す新しい知見である。スキルと業務のミスマッチの問題を緩和する取り組みの可能性を示している。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Rules of origin and exports in developing economies: The case of garment products2022

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Kiyoyasu、Fukunishi Takahiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Asian Economics

      Volume: 82 Pages: 101514-101514

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101514

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 外国人雇用状況の届出2022

    • Author(s)
      町北朋洋
    • Journal Title

      日本労働研究雑誌

      Volume: 741 Pages: 42-25

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Youth Employment and the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa: Preliminary Results from the Original Surveys of TVET Graduates2021

    • Author(s)
      福西 隆弘
    • Journal Title

      Africa Report

      Volume: 59 Issue: 0 Pages: 85-99

    • DOI

      10.24765/africareport.59.0_85

    • NAID

      130008058708

    • ISSN
      0911-5552, 2188-3238
    • Year and Date
      2021-06-29
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Introductory Note2021

    • Author(s)
      福西隆弘・佐藤千鶴子・網中昭世
    • Journal Title

      Africa Report

      Volume: 59 Issue: 0 Pages: 8-9

    • DOI

      10.24765/africareport.59.0_8

    • NAID

      130007991628

    • ISSN
      0911-5552, 2188-3238
    • Year and Date
      2021-02-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Youth Employment and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia: Preliminary Results of the Tracer Surveys of TVET Graduates2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi, Tomohiro Machikita, Ibrahim Worke
    • Journal Title

      IDE Policy Brief

      Volume: ー

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 開発ミクロ経済学による貧困研究:その特徴とアフリカにおける研究成果の紹介2020

    • Author(s)
      福西隆弘
    • Journal Title

      アフリカ研究

      Volume: 98 Pages: 21-34

    • NAID

      130008138399

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] マダガスカルにおける輸出向け縫製産業とその労働者2019

    • Author(s)
      福西隆弘
    • Journal Title

      SERASERA

      Volume: 41 Pages: 7-11

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: School-to-Work transitions in urban Ghana and Kenya2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi and Christian S. Otchia
    • Journal Title

      IDE Discussion paper

      Volume: 759 Pages: 1-29

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] マダガスカルにおける輸出向け縫製産業とその労働者――産業構造変化の課題2019

    • Author(s)
      福西隆弘
    • Journal Title

      SERASERA

      Volume: 41 Pages: 7-12

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: School-to-Work transitions in urban Ghana and Kenya2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi and Christian S. Otchia
    • Journal Title

      IDE Discussion Papers

      Volume: 759 Pages: 1-31

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Examining the role of top management leadership style on transportation efficiency and profitability of logistics firms2018

    • Author(s)
      Chawalit J., Le Thi Ngoc Lan, N. Rittippant, P. Chongphaisal, T. Machikita, Y. Ueki, M. Tsuji
    • Journal Title

      Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

      Volume: 40 Pages: 1306-1314

    • DOI

      10.14456/SJST-PSU.2018.160

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 職業スキル政策と若者の雇用2022

    • Author(s)
      福西隆弘、町北朋洋
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Incentives on the Road: Multitask Principal-Agent Problem and Accidents in the Trucking Industry2022

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiro Machikita
    • Organizer
      Thai Studies The 14th International Conference (ICTS14)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Key areas in growth exploration and conservation2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi
    • Organizer
      South Africa-Japan University Forum
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi and Christian S. Otchia
    • Organizer
      国際開発学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi and Christian S. Otchia
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Key areas in growth exploration and conservation(基調講演)2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi
    • Organizer
      South Africa-Japan University Forum
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      Christian S. Otchia, Takahiro Fukunishi
    • Organizer
      国際開発学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Youth Employment under Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi, Christian S. Otchia
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Vocational Education and Employment Outcomes in Ethiopia: Displacement Effects in Local Labor Markets2018

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Fukunishi, Tomohiro Machikita
    • Organizer
      Annual Bank Conference on Africa (World Bank and Center for Global Development, Stanford University)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 初学者のための東南アジア研究2022

    • Author(s)
      町北朋洋、中西嘉宏、片岡樹ほか
    • Total Pages
      116
    • Publisher
      京都大学東南アジア地域研究研究所
    • ISBN
      9784906332526
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Asian Economy Contemporary Issues and Challenges2020

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiro Machikita, Kenta Goto, Tamaki Endo, and Asei Ito
    • Total Pages
      290
    • Publisher
      Routledge
    • ISBN
      9780367203719
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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