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The mismatch between labour market needs and education: the example of Jordan

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  • Loiy Bani Ismail
  • Mohammad Alawamleh
  • Saro Giacaman
  • Kamal Jamal Alawamleh

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This paper seeks to explore the relationship between education and labour market needs in Jordan, in addition to how this relationship is affecting the unemployment rate. This study uses a regression on data collected from the Jordanian Department of Statistics and analyses the data through the SPSS program. The result shows the relationship between university graduates' unemployment and Jordanian universities booming enrolment, yearly growth rate of GDP is also counted as a factor. This paper demonstrates how the aforementioned gap affects the unemployment rate for bachelor degree holders, in addition to the national unemployment rate. Moreover, the research recommends some solutions and methods that the government and universities should implement, in order to reduce the rate of unemployment so as to close the gap between education and labour market needs.

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  • Loiy Bani Ismail & Mohammad Alawamleh & Saro Giacaman & Kamal Jamal Alawamleh, 2020. "The mismatch between labour market needs and education: the example of Jordan," International Journal of Business Excellence, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 22(2), pages 262-281.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbexc:v:22:y:2020:i:2:p:262-281
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