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DESCRIPTION:'The Puzzle of Educated Unemployment in West Africa'\n\nEsther 
 Mirjam Girsberger (University of Technology Sydney)\n	November 14\, 2023\, 
 12:00 to 1:00 PM\n	Leacock 429\n\nAbstract: Many developing countries exhib
 it a puzzling pattern given their scarce human capital: unemployment rates
  increase with or are hump-shaped in education. We develop and estimate a 
 model where educated unemployment arises from heterogeneous workers partic
 ipating in a frictional labour market with three sectors (public\, private
  and self-employment). We estimate that public sector distortions explain 
 around two-thirds of educated unemployment in urban Burkina Faso and one-q
 uarter in Senegal. We then simulate three equally costly policies. In cont
 rast with public job creation and subsidies to self-employment income\, su
 bsidies for private sector vacancy creation effectively reduce educated un
 employment and improve workers’ welfare.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 429\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Esther Mirjam Girsberger (University of Technology Sydney)\, 'The P
 uzzle of Educated Unemployment in West Africa'
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