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A profile of young NEETs: Unpacking the heterogeneous nature of young people not in employment, education or training in South Africa

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  • Ariane De Lannoy

    (SALDRU, University of Cape Town)

  • Gibson Mudiriza

    (School of Economics, University of Cape Town)

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Globally, the large numbers of young people who are not in any kind of education, employment or training (NEET) are a cause of great concern. These youth are often seen as disengaged from the labour market and from society more broadly. With more than 5.5 million youth between the ages of 15 to 29 who are NEET, South Africa shares this concern but has remained without a clear understanding of the characteristics of these young people. Drawing on second quarter 2018 Quarterly Labour Force Survey and 2017 General Household Survey data, this working paper of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit investigates the heterogeneity of the group of NEET youth in the country and explores what microeconomic factors are associated with being NEET among black youth.

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  • Ariane De Lannoy & Gibson Mudiriza, 2019. "A profile of young NEETs: Unpacking the heterogeneous nature of young people not in employment, education or training in South Africa," SALDRU Working Papers 249, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
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    1. Nomusa F. Mngoma & Oyedeji A. Ayonrinde, 2023. "Mental distress and substance use among rural Black South African youth who are not in employment, education or training (NEET)," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(3), pages 532-542, May.
    2. Levent Şahin & Halis Yunus Ersöz & İbrahim Demir & Muhammed Erkam Kocakaya & Osman Akgül & Abdullah Miraç Bükey, 2023. "The Relationship between Cause and Effect Dimensions of Young People’s Being “Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)” in Turkey," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-19, October.
    3. Jacqueline Mosomi & Mrtin Wittenberg, 2020. "The labor market in South Africa, 2000–2017," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 475-475, April.

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