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What hides behind extended periods of youth unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from individual level data

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  • Leman Yonca Gurbuzer

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Ozge Nihan Koseleci

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This paper provides the first empirical analysis on youth unemployment duration in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The study is based on micro data from the Household Survey Panel Series (2001-04). We formulate the problem within a duration model framework. Semi-parametric methods are used and compared to alternative approaches. The analyses are carried out separately for young men and women to take into account the traditional pattern of the domestic division of labour between genders. Our results indicate that the speed with which an unemployed young person finds employment is partly a function of his/her particular characteristics. We also find significant gender differences in factors affecting the prospects of access to employment. We further observe that for young men as well as young women there is strong evidence for non-monotonic duration dependence. These results turn out to remain robust to different specifications and to the introduction of unobserved heterogeneity.

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  • Leman Yonca Gurbuzer & Ozge Nihan Koseleci, 2008. "What hides behind extended periods of youth unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Evidence from individual level data," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00308629, HAL.
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