This paper examines the incidence, drivers, and persistence of skill and educational mismatches among employed youths from 10 African countries surveyed between 2012 and 2015. Results indicate that, unlike most findings from developed countries, underskilling and undereducation are more prevalent among the youth than overskilling and overeducation. The levels of education of the youth and their parents, the field of study, the quality of job and the firm size are found to be key predictors of job mismatches. Our results also show that the perspective of unemployment has a scarring effect for underskilled youths but a stepping‐stone effect for overskilled and overeducated. Using a pseudo‐panel approach, skill and educational mismatches of youths are found to be persistent over time and the likelihood of transitioning into education matching jobs is significantly increasing with the levels of education.

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“介意不匹配吗？” 非洲青年技能和教育不匹配的发生率，驱动因素和持续存在

本文研究了2012年至2015年间来自10个非洲国家的受雇青年的发病率，驱动因素以及技能和教育不匹配的持续性。结果表明，与发达国家的大多数调查结果不同，技能不足和教育不足在年轻人中普遍存在，而不是技能过度和过度教育。青年及其父母的教育水平，研究领域，工作质量和公司规模被发现是工作失配的关键指标。我们的结果还表明，失业的观点对技能不足的年轻人产生疤痕效应，而对于技能过剩和教育程度过高的年轻人则起到了垫脚石的作用。使用伪面板方法，