Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250421 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14760
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Youth empowerment, i.e., the ability of young people to take control over key aspects of their lives, has become a growing concern to achieving sustainable development worldwide. An increasing number of policy interventions is targeting the youth, but to monitor the progress a better understanding on what constitutes youth empowerment is needed. However, in contrast to the area of women's empowerment, little progress has been made on determining which domains of empowerment are important for youth and how they can be operationalized with indicators for measurement. We propose four domains of youth empowerment with corresponding indicators and use a well-established methodology for constructing a composite index. Using data from a household survey in Tunisia including a sample of young adults (18 to 30 years old), we assess youth empowerment in the proposed domains, explore correlates to empowerment and assess the link between youth empowerment and youth well-being. The proposed approach can help to monitor youth empowerment in various contexts and to evaluate the effectiveness of youth interventions.
Subjects: 
youth empowerment
measurement
multidimensional index
well-being
Middle East and North Africa region
JEL: 
C43
D91
D39
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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