book chapter

Change and rigidity in youth employment patterns in Malawi

by Todd Benson,

Alvina Erman and

Bob Baulch

2019 | Pages: 35

Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)oxford university press

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0006

Open Access | CC BY-NC-4.0

Citation

Benson, Todd; Erman, Alvina; and Baulch, Bob. 2019. Change and rigidity in youth employment patterns in Malawi. In Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts. Mueller, Valerie; and Thurlow, James (Eds.). Chapter 6, Pp. 137-171. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0006

Chapter 6 addresses Malawi’s weak agricultural transformation, and asks if rural households, particularly youth, are engaging in multiple forms of employment that may not be adequately reflected in national data.