Female Youth Unemployment in the GCC Countries: A Political Economy Perspective

Mina, Wasseem (2022): Female Youth Unemployment in the GCC Countries: A Political Economy Perspective.

Abstract

This research empirically examines the relationship between flexible labour markets, the social contract, and female youth unemployment rate in the high-income, oil-abundant Gulf Cooperation Council countries. We hypothesize that flexible non-segmented labour markets improve female youth unemployment rate while the social contract worsens it. Empirical evidence shows that both flexible labour markets and the social contract improve the female youth unemployment rate. The results are robust to changes in model specification and the sample countries. Flexible labour markets, however, are key to the improvement in the female youth unemployment rate, while the social contract is not. This research has important implications for selecting the appropriate policies to address youth unemployment.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female youth unemployment; Youth unemployment; Labour markets; Social contract; Gulf Cooperation Council
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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