信息和通信技术的使用:对喀麦隆青年就业的机会有什么影响?
Astride Claudel Njiepue Nouffeussie1,2,3,4,5, Cosmas Bernard Meka'A2,3,6, Romus Noufelie2,7,8
1Faculty of Economics and Applied Management, University of Douala, Cameroon.
Heliyon
|November 19, 2024
概括
信息和通信技术 (ICT) 显著促进了喀麦隆年轻人的就业机会. 年轻的互联网用户获得就业的可能性是高级员工的15倍,这突显了数字沟.
科学领域:
- 社会经济学 社会经济学
- 数字沟研究 数字沟研究
- 劳动力市场分析 劳动力市场分析
背景情况:
- 信息和通信技术 (ICT) 越来越多地融入日常生活,需要了解它们对就业的影响.
- 在包括喀麦隆在内的许多发展中国家,青年失业仍然是一个重大挑战.
- 数字沟的特点是信息通信技术的不平等获取和使用,这可能会加剧现有的劳动力市场不平等.
研究的目的:
- 调查ICT采用对喀麦隆年轻人 (15-35岁) 获得就业机会的可能性的影响.
- 量化互联网使用对不同年龄群体就业概率的影响.
- 将年轻互联网用户的就业结果与高级员工的就业结果进行比较,以评估数字沟的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用2014年进行的第四次喀麦隆家庭调查 (CHS-4) 的数据.
- 使用统计分析来比较互联网用户和非用户之间的就业率.
- 进行特异性和敏感性测试,以验证发现的可靠性.
主要成果:
- 互联网使用与所有年龄组的就业机会增加正相关.
- 与高级员工相比,年轻的互联网用户获得就业的可能性明显高 (15倍).
- 由于使用互联网,年轻人找到工作的概率增加了15-31%,老年人增加了0.31-1.214%.
结论:
- 信息通信技术,特别是互联网接入,在提高喀麦隆年轻人的就业能力方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 该研究强调了数字沟对劳动力市场准入的存在和影响.
- 旨在弥合数字沟的政策干预可以改善年轻人的就业前景.
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