Measuring youth empowerment

An application to Tunisia

verfasst von

Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen, Ann Kristin Reitmann

Abstract

Youth empowerment has become a growing concern for achieving sustainable development worldwide. Yet, there is limited evidence on 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, we assess youth empowerment in the proposed domains and explore their relation to youth well-being. The proposed approach can help monitor youth empowerment in various contexts and evaluate the effectiveness of youth interventions.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie

Externe Organisation(en)

Maastricht University
Universität Passau
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
University of Washington
Universität der Vereinten Nationen (UNU)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of International Development

Band

36

Seiten

1945-1964

Anzahl der Seiten

20

ISSN

0954-1748

Publikationsdatum

15.05.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung, Entwicklung

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3886 (Zugang: Offen)