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Author Leonor, M. D

Title Unemployment, Schooling and Training in Developing Countries : Tanzania, Egypt, the Philippines and Indonesia
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment Ser. ; v. 6
Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Tanzania; Introduction; The employment situation; Unemployment and underemployment; Economic growth and growth in employment; Expansion of schooling; Migration of workers; Employment of school-leavers; The origins of unemployment; The political economy of change and slow growth; Educational policy and unemployment; Towards education for self-reliance; The primary school-leaver crisis; The students' revolt
Education for self-relianceThe strikes of vocational school students; Lessons from Tanzanian experience; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Egypt; Overview; Unemployment and labour market policies; Unemployment; Rural/urban unemployment; Age and sex of the unemployed; Educational attainment of unemployed workers; Labour market policies; Direct policies; Free-tuition policy; Short work-week in public enterprises; Guaranteed jobs; Lengthening the period of military conscription; Untrammelled emigration; Indirect policies; Central planning policy; Open-door policy; Impact on wage scale
Impact on employment structureMis-education and its supposed remedies; Historical background; Aspects of mis-education; Quantitative imbalances; Educational remedies; Attempts to relate general education to employment; Attempts in vocational training; Attempts in non-formal education; New trends; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4. The Philippines; Overview; Background; Trends in the economy; Trends in unemployment; Pattern of labour absorption; Lessons from policy responses; Reducing the supply of graduates; Curricular reforms; Non-formal education; Training for employment overseas
A market modelIntroduction; Theoretical considerations; The nature and choice of education capital; Ability and cost of education; Supply of skills in labour markets; The responsibility of the schools in unemployment; The quality problem; The role of the Government in education; Empirical evidence; The school system; Unemployment trends; Returns on college education; College enrolment and graduates; Concluding remarks; Chapter Appendix; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Indonesia; Introduction; The dimensions of unemployment; The labour force of Indonesia in 1980; Labour force participation rates
Unemployment ratesUnderemployment; Unemployment and education; The 1976-78 tracer study; Entry into the labour force and duration of unemployment; The job search; Aspirations; The schools and unemployment; Movement into employment; Trends in educated unemployment; The education system and unemployment; The education system; Introduction; The pattern of growth; Growth of expenditure; Educational issues affecting employment; Compulsory primary education and the drop-out problem; The general/vocational balance of secondary schools; Non-formal education and other forms of delivery; Curriculum
Summary First published in 1985. Increasing doubt is being shed on the proposition that higher levels of education in developing countries are an unmitigated good. Unemployment among school leavers and university graduates is now a major problem. Some people argue that what is needed is a reform of primary education and the changing of attitudes to work; but many of the measures adopted have failed to achieve these goals and have only worsened the problem by increasing costs, making curricula less flexible and by increasing 'mis-education'. This book examines the problems and the measures adopted to alleviate them in four important developing countries. It provides many new research findings and much new thinking and concludes with suggestions for improving policies
Notes Other quality factors: time, teachers and equipment
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Subject Frictional unemployment -- Africa
Frictional unemployment -- Asia
Education -- Economic aspects -- Africa
Education -- Economic aspects -- Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Developing Countries.
Economic Analysis.
International Economics.
Labor Economics.
Unemployment.
Education -- Economic aspects
Frictional unemployment
Africa
Asia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429659560
0429659563