Every year, millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper harmonizes surveys and censuses from 68 low- and middle-income countries to compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are similar at similar levels of development but that young adults in Africa are less likely to have a salaried job, especially when the size of their cohort is large. Building on existing evidence on the impacts of interventions targeting both the demand and supply sides of the labor market, we discuss policy priorities for boosting the growth of salaried job creation in the region.

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非洲的年轻人和劳动力市场

每年，数以百万计的年轻人加入非洲的劳动力市场。本文统一了来自 68 个低收入和中等收入国家的调查和人口普查，以将它们的就业前景与其他低收入地区的同行进行比较。我们表明，在相似的发展水平下，就业率相似，但非洲的年轻人不太可能有一份带薪工作，尤其是当他们的队列规模很大时。基于现有证据表明针对劳动力市场需求和供应方的干预措施的影响，我们讨论了促进该地区有薪就业机会增长的政策重点。