Unemployment Among the Youth of Uzbekistan: Reasons and Solutions

Authors

  • Fatima Doniyorova Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Sanjar Mirzaliev Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Kongratbay Sharipov Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Leyla Yakhshiboeva Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Sharifah Zannierah Syed Marzuki Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24191/aej.v8i2.14314

Abstract

The goal of this article is to investigate the reasons and effects of issues including young unemployment, informal labour migration, and informal employment in Uzbekistan, as well as to propose practical solutions. The following tasks were identified based on the study's objectives: analysis of the situation, problems, and their causes and consequences in the field of youth employment, labour migration, and informal employment in Uzbekistan; study of the progressive foreign experience of state employment policy in the field of ensuring youth employment, regulating labour migration, and reducing informal employment; the formulation of realistic proposals for decreasing young unemployment, controlling labour migration, and reducing the scope of informal work by accelerating the establishment of long-term, highly-productive jobs.

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31-07-2022

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Doniyorova, F., Mirzaliev, S., Sharipov, K., Yakhshiboeva, L., & Syed Marzuki, S. Z. (2022). Unemployment Among the Youth of Uzbekistan: Reasons and Solutions. Asean Entrepreneurship Journal, 8(2), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.24191/aej.v8i2.14314