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Linking education to employment:how to establish a successful and uninterrupted connection

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  • Abdel-Rahman, Alaa

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Youth unemployment has been and always will be an important item on the government's agenda. With youth unemployment rates reaching as high as 27 percent in 2016, twice as high as the overall unemployment rate, the future of the country is in danger. With today's generation having a great thirst for education and knowledge, a lack of skills and proper education leave them short of being qualified as employable workers to both domestic and international labour markets. Skill shortages, mismatch between supply and demand of labour as well as a lack of necessary skills to find a suitable job are but some of the barriers to employment, leaving a big segment of Egypt's population (almost 25 percent) struggling to raise their living standards. Policies should focus on tackling how education and training systems prepare younger generations to enter the labour market instead of just creating job opportunities, with schools, government, universities and employers making sure the connection between education and labour is open and uninterrupted.

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  • Abdel-Rahman, Alaa, 2016. "Linking education to employment:how to establish a successful and uninterrupted connection," MPRA Paper 77297, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Jan 2017.
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    1. Abdel-Rahman, Alaa & Fuller, David, 2014. "Education and employment in Egypt: the policies, discrepancies and possible solutions," MPRA Paper 67571, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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      Keywords

      unemployment; youth; egypt; policies; education; job creation; opportunities; employment;
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      JEL classification:

      • A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
      • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
      • E61 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
      • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
      • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
      • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
      • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
      • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
      • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
      • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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