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Rural youth and employment in Ethiopia

In: Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts

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  • Schmidt, Emily
  • Woldeyes, Firew Bekele

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Chapter 5 focuses on Ethiopia’s land constraints and asks if this is driving youth off the farm and into the rural nonfarm economy.

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  • Schmidt, Emily & Woldeyes, Firew Bekele, 2019. "Rural youth and employment in Ethiopia," IFPRI book chapters, in: Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts, chapter 5, pages yj109-136, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    1. Abay, Kibrewossen & Hirvonen, Kalle & Minten, Bart, 2017. "Farm size, food security, and welfare: Descriptive evidence from the Ethiopian highlands," ESSP working papers 111, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Alekaw Kebede Yeshineh & Firew Bekele Woldeyes, 2025. "The Economy-Wide Impact of Harnessing Human Capital Development and the Case of Ethiopia: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model Analysis," Economies, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-23, May.
    3. Adedoyin Mistura Rufai & Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi & Kabir Kayode Salman & Mutiat Bukola Salawu & Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, 2021. "Rural Transformation and Labor Market Outcomes among Rural Youths in Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-18, December.
    4. Kibru, Martha, 2020. "Labor allocation to Non-agricultural Activities in Rural Ethiopia: A Gender Perspective," Ethiopian Journal of Economics, Ethiopian Economics Association, vol. 29(01), April.
    5. Boulanger, Pierre H & Dudu, Hasan & Ferrari, Emanuele & Hailu, Kidanemariam & Mainar, Alfredo & Mohammed, Mohammed Beshir & Yeshineh, Alekaw K, 2018. "Unemployment and Rural-Urban Migration in Ethiopia," Conference papers 332928, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    6. Berhane, Guush & Dereje, Mekdim & Minten, Bart & Tamru, Seneshaw, 2017. "The rapid – but from a low base – uptake of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Patterns, implications and challenges," ESSP working papers 105, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    7. Moreda, Tsegaye, 2023. "The social dynamics of access to land, livelihoods and the rural youth in an era of rapid rural change: Evidence from Ethiopia," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    8. Katrina Kosec & Hosaena Ghebru & Brian Holtemeyer & Valerie Mueller & Emily Schmidt, 2018. "The Effect of Land Access on Youth Employment and Migration Decisions: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(3), pages 931-954.

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