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there are no statistically significant differences in the chances of getting out of unemployment between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas. As we pointed out in Section 1, several initiatives have been undertaken to combat unemployment in Côte d'Ivoire. But to our knowledge, there are still no accompanying measures geared specifically to the long-term unemployed. This practice could significantly reduce the duration of long-term unemployment.

The study highlights the importance of educational attainment in explaining the duration of youth unemployment. Indeed, the fact that young women are unemployed for long periods of time shows that they have low levels of education compared to young men. Several reasons can be given to explain this result. We can mention: the persistent reluctance in the schooling of the girl child in certain regions of the country; the early exits of the girl child from the educational system for household support, because of the weight of tradition relegating the role of the woman, primarily to household chores or to forced marriage and school

Policies for free schooling, especially for girls, should be evaluated and reoriented so that they can achieve their objectives. This new orientation could concern the complete care of the girl up to secondary school. In addition, the "zero school pregnancy" policy should be accentuated. In the short term, a policy to support women's entrepreneurship through a series of training courses and easy access to finance could be a real lever to reduce unemployment among young girls in Côte d'Ivoire. These policies should also integrate the needs of parents through

The purpose of this contribution was to analyze the determinants of the duration of youth unemployment in Côte d'Ivoire. Specifically, the author wanted to capture the particularities of long-term youth unemployment by gender. The proportional hazard model with heterogeneity correction applied to data from the Household Employment Survey in Côte d'Ivoire (EEMCI) results in the following results. Young men are more likely to leave unemployment than young women. The low level of education of these and the inadequacy of training in relation to the needs of the labor market largely justify this situation. In addition to educational level, the place of residence also determines the duration of unemployment among young

This work could be enriched by a spatial analysis that would highlight the most

However, this may be possible only if future surveys provide information at the disaggregated level (departments or communes). Also, to enumerate and characterize the long-term unemployed are certainly essential steps, but must be completed by examining the way out of long-term unemployment for an effective

disadvantaged localities in terms of workforce absorption capacity.

policy implementation in Côte d'Ivoire.

**5. Discussion**

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**6. Conclusion**

Ibrahima Sy<sup>1</sup> \* and Akrassi Kouakou Evrard Kouame<sup>2</sup>

1 Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée au Développement (LEAD), University in Toulon (UTLN), France

2 Université Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

\*Address all correspondence to: himrasy@yahoo.fr

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