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(PDF) Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the
Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the structural VAR approach. April 2016. International Journal of Sustainable Economy 8 (2):125-143. 8 (2):125-143. DOI: 10.1504/IJSE.2016. ...
Unemployment in Namibia: Measurement Problems, Causes & Policies
achievements of targeted goals. Secondly, the study presents the unemployment situation in Namibia and provides a detailed analysis of changing employment patterns and the structure of unemployment in Namibia. By focusing attention on the structure and causes of unemployment, the study also attempts to assist in the search for
PDF Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the structural
Department of Economics, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 66444, Woodhill, Pretoria, South Africa Email: [email protected]. Abstract: The main purpose of the research was to establish the sources of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1980 to 2013 using the SVAR methodology. Empirical results show that persistently high unemployment is ...
Unemployment is both an economic and a social problem
The unemployment rate in Namibia averaged 21% from 1991 to 2021, reaching an all-time high of 24.5% in 1997 and a record low of 16.8% in 2012. But by the end of 2022, it has jumped back to 22% according to Trading Economics' global macro models and analysts' expectations. In the meidum term, the Namibian unemployment rate is projected to ...
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nt job prospects, it is a resource that will remain untapped. Forty three comma four percent (43.4%) of Namibia's yout. are unemployed - nearly 3 times as many as the global average1. Of even greater concern is. hat youth unemployment in the country appears to be on the rise. High rates of youth unemployment represent both widespread personal ...
How and Why Unemployment is High and Getting Higher
SMALL ECONOMY. Another principal factor contributing to high unemployment is the fact that Namibia's economy is very small compared to, for example, South Africa. According to the World Bank ...
PDF Socio-Economic Factors Impacting Youth Unemployment in Namibia
conomically. 1.4.1 Social consequences of youth unemploymentDue to the alarming rates of youth unemployment Namibia is prone to experience an increase in crime rate because people wi. hin the youth are unable to provide for their own basic needs. This also affects family happiness and the mental state.
AD773: Namibian youth demand that government make job creation a top
Unemployment ranks at the top among problems that Namibian youth (aged 18-35 years) want their government to address, followed by water supply and corruption. Namibian youth have more education than their elders. Nearly eight in 10 youth (79%) have secondary or post-secondary schooling, compared to 67% in the 36-55 age group and 43% in the over ...
(PDF) Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the
(DOI: 10.1504/IJSE.2016.075917) The main purpose of the research was to establish the sources of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1980 to 2013 using the SVAR methodology. Empirical results show that persistently high unemployment is the result of a combination of various shocks as well as the hysteresis mechanism. The impulse response functions and variance decomposition functions agree ...
(PDF) Growth, employment and decent work in Namibia: A situation
This paper explores multiple issues that are at the core of Namibia's current growth, employment and decent work agenda. It reviews trends in growth, employment and decent work, highlighting challenges and opportunities for structural transformation, job creation, poverty eradication, social protection and transition to formality and decent work.
Determinants of unemployment in Namibia
This study investigates the causes of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1971 to 2007. The analysis is carried out through an extensive review of the relevant literature, microeconomic and macroeconomic models of unemployment. The unemployment model (with macroeconomic variables) is estimated using the Engle-Granger two-step econometric procedure. The results revealed that there is a ...
Determinants of Unemployment in Namibia
Eita & Ashipala (2010) Examined the determinants of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1971-2007. The results of the causal relationship analysis concluded that there is a negative ...
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Unemployment rate: Unemployed persons (strict or broad) expressed as a percentage of the total number of persons in the labour force. 1 PART 1: Situational Analysis 1.1 Macroeconomic indicators and challenges Namibia is classified as an upper middle income developing country with a population of 2.1million people in 2012. The country ...
(PDF) Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the
The only study on determinants of unemployment in Namibia was carried out by Eita and Ashipala (2010) for the period 1970 to 2007, using the Engle-Granger two-step econometric procedure. The study found that unemployment in Namibia is affected by actual output, inflation, investment and aggregate demand.
The implications of youth unemployment for national security in Namibia
Youth unemployment is one of the major problems facing Namibia. Unemployment is not only unique to Namibia, but a problem experienced in most countries in the world, whereby many unemployed youths are actively looking for gainful employment, but there is none. Namibia, a developing country is witnessing a high rate of youth unemployment which has potential to degenerate into one of the major ...
The Effects Of High Unemployment On Namibia
Increases in Female Labor Force Participation Over the previous years, Namibia experienced an increase in the labor force participation of women. Especially between 1997 to 2008 women in labor forces participation increases with 10.7%, compared to men's labor forces participation which increases with 6.5% in the same period, which is 4.2% ...
Unemployment
The unemployment rate in Namibia averaged 27,94% from 1997 until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 37,6% in 2008 and a record low of 19,5% in 1997. This is according to our country's statistics ...
Youth unemployment in Namibia
In Namibia, 15 percent of the population have no formal education at all and more than half of the population (54 percent) have only completed or attained some level of primary education. Only 2 percent have reached higher education. Youth unemployment is also exacerbated by the re-admission and age limits policy imposed for junior secondary ...
Namibia Unemployment Rate 1960-2024
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Namibia unemployment rate for 2022 was 19.99%, a 1.16% decline from 2021. Namibia unemployment rate for 2021 was 21.15%, a 0% increase from 2020. Namibia unemployment rate for 2020 was 21.15%, a 1.19% increase from 2019.
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Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Jul 25, 2024. In 2023, the unemployment rate in Namibia decreased by 0.3 percentage points (-1.52 percent) since 2022. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a ...
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Ignoring these things and hoping one day the solution will fall from heaven will just lead us to being a failed nation. This whole unemployment issue is hitting the youth of Namibia, and many choose the alternative of earning an income by going into crime. I would like to make suggestions to our youth council as well as to our line ministries ...
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Sources of unemployment in Namibia: an application of the structural VAR approach. April 2016. International Journal of Sustainable Economy 8 (2):125-143. 8 (2):125-143. DOI: 10.1504/IJSE.2016. ...
achievements of targeted goals. Secondly, the study presents the unemployment situation in Namibia and provides a detailed analysis of changing employment patterns and the structure of unemployment in Namibia. By focusing attention on the structure and causes of unemployment, the study also attempts to assist in the search for
Department of Economics, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 66444, Woodhill, Pretoria, South Africa Email: [email protected]. Abstract: The main purpose of the research was to establish the sources of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1980 to 2013 using the SVAR methodology. Empirical results show that persistently high unemployment is ...
The unemployment rate in Namibia averaged 21% from 1991 to 2021, reaching an all-time high of 24.5% in 1997 and a record low of 16.8% in 2012. But by the end of 2022, it has jumped back to 22% according to Trading Economics' global macro models and analysts' expectations. In the meidum term, the Namibian unemployment rate is projected to ...
nt job prospects, it is a resource that will remain untapped. Forty three comma four percent (43.4%) of Namibia's yout. are unemployed - nearly 3 times as many as the global average1. Of even greater concern is. hat youth unemployment in the country appears to be on the rise. High rates of youth unemployment represent both widespread personal ...
SMALL ECONOMY. Another principal factor contributing to high unemployment is the fact that Namibia's economy is very small compared to, for example, South Africa. According to the World Bank ...
conomically. 1.4.1 Social consequences of youth unemploymentDue to the alarming rates of youth unemployment Namibia is prone to experience an increase in crime rate because people wi. hin the youth are unable to provide for their own basic needs. This also affects family happiness and the mental state.
Unemployment ranks at the top among problems that Namibian youth (aged 18-35 years) want their government to address, followed by water supply and corruption. Namibian youth have more education than their elders. Nearly eight in 10 youth (79%) have secondary or post-secondary schooling, compared to 67% in the 36-55 age group and 43% in the over ...
(DOI: 10.1504/IJSE.2016.075917) The main purpose of the research was to establish the sources of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1980 to 2013 using the SVAR methodology. Empirical results show that persistently high unemployment is the result of a combination of various shocks as well as the hysteresis mechanism. The impulse response functions and variance decomposition functions agree ...
This paper explores multiple issues that are at the core of Namibia's current growth, employment and decent work agenda. It reviews trends in growth, employment and decent work, highlighting challenges and opportunities for structural transformation, job creation, poverty eradication, social protection and transition to formality and decent work.
This study investigates the causes of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1971 to 2007. The analysis is carried out through an extensive review of the relevant literature, microeconomic and macroeconomic models of unemployment. The unemployment model (with macroeconomic variables) is estimated using the Engle-Granger two-step econometric procedure. The results revealed that there is a ...
Eita & Ashipala (2010) Examined the determinants of unemployment in Namibia for the period 1971-2007. The results of the causal relationship analysis concluded that there is a negative ...
Unemployment rate: Unemployed persons (strict or broad) expressed as a percentage of the total number of persons in the labour force. 1 PART 1: Situational Analysis 1.1 Macroeconomic indicators and challenges Namibia is classified as an upper middle income developing country with a population of 2.1million people in 2012. The country ...
The only study on determinants of unemployment in Namibia was carried out by Eita and Ashipala (2010) for the period 1970 to 2007, using the Engle-Granger two-step econometric procedure. The study found that unemployment in Namibia is affected by actual output, inflation, investment and aggregate demand.
Youth unemployment is one of the major problems facing Namibia. Unemployment is not only unique to Namibia, but a problem experienced in most countries in the world, whereby many unemployed youths are actively looking for gainful employment, but there is none. Namibia, a developing country is witnessing a high rate of youth unemployment which has potential to degenerate into one of the major ...
Increases in Female Labor Force Participation Over the previous years, Namibia experienced an increase in the labor force participation of women. Especially between 1997 to 2008 women in labor forces participation increases with 10.7%, compared to men's labor forces participation which increases with 6.5% in the same period, which is 4.2% ...
The unemployment rate in Namibia averaged 27,94% from 1997 until 2018, reaching an all-time high of 37,6% in 2008 and a record low of 19,5% in 1997. This is according to our country's statistics ...
In Namibia, 15 percent of the population have no formal education at all and more than half of the population (54 percent) have only completed or attained some level of primary education. Only 2 percent have reached higher education. Youth unemployment is also exacerbated by the re-admission and age limits policy imposed for junior secondary ...
Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Namibia unemployment rate for 2022 was 19.99%, a 1.16% decline from 2021. Namibia unemployment rate for 2021 was 21.15%, a 0% increase from 2020. Namibia unemployment rate for 2020 was 21.15%, a 1.19% increase from 2019.
Published by. Aaron O'Neill , Jul 25, 2024. In 2023, the unemployment rate in Namibia decreased by 0.3 percentage points (-1.52 percent) since 2022. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a ...
Ignoring these things and hoping one day the solution will fall from heaven will just lead us to being a failed nation. This whole unemployment issue is hitting the youth of Namibia, and many choose the alternative of earning an income by going into crime. I would like to make suggestions to our youth council as well as to our line ministries ...