Determinants of Unemployment Status: Indicating College Majors that reduces the Unemployment Status in Lebanon

Halabi, Izdehar and kourani, Jana (2021): Determinants of Unemployment Status: Indicating College Majors that reduces the Unemployment Status in Lebanon.

Abstract

Unemployment status is considered one of the divisive economic issues. This paper aims to examine the factors such as age, gender, geographical area, educational level, college major and work experience that affect unemployment status in Lebanon. As well as predicting college majors that reduces unemployment in Lebanon. Using the survey method to collect data, and after refining the questionnaires, a total of 731 answers from different Lebanese areas were selected for this study. This study found that individuals with higher educational levels and higher work experience are set to have higher chances to be employed. Another finding is that males have more opportunities to get hired. With respect to the geographical area, citizens that lives in the capital Beirut, have more chances to enter the labor market. Individuals between the age of 24 and 37 have higher chances to get recruited. By studying the college majors, this study found that individuals that have business management, computer science, art, health, nursing, nutrition and psychology as a college major could guarantee a job opportunity more than individuals with other majors. The findings would help students in choosing a college major that helps them find a job opportunity after graduating.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: unemployment status; Education level; College major; work experience; Demographic factors; Lebanon.
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers

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