TITLE:
Effects of Youth Employment Policies on Employability in the Congo
AUTHORS:
Fabien Constantin Lekouka, Rolande Iphigénie Menga Mokombi
KEYWORDS:
Employment Policy, Employability
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.12 No.12,
December
23,
2021
ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the effect of public
employment policies on the employability of young people in the Republic of the
Congo. An ordered multinomial logit model with correction for selection bias
was used on survey data regarding the
improvement of youth employment policies in French-speaking Africa
carried out in 2018 in the Republic of the Congo. The results show that
participation in the employment program improves the employability of young
people in the Republic of the Congo but that its effects are limited.
Similarly, beyond the effects of employment policies on employability,
variables such as sex, age, marital status, religion, and enrollment in the
Office National de l’Emploi et de la main-d’Oeuvre (ONEMO), currently the
Agence Congolaise Pour l’Emploi (ACPE), influence participation in employment
programs in the Republic of the Congo. These results give rise to implications
for economic policy.