Abstract
Contrairement à la théorie néoclassique qui considère le capital humain (en l'occurrence l'éducation) comme le principal déterminant des gains individuels sur le marché du travail (Cohn et Geske(1990), Gary Becker(1964)), les théories alternatives (Stiglitz(1975), Arrow(1973), Spence(1973)), montrent que les facteurs sociaux jouent aussi un rôle non négligeable dans l’insertion professionnelle (Kamanzi, 2006).
L'article s’inscrit en droite ligne des théories alternatives au capital humain et vise à mettre en relief les limites de l’éducation qui, semble être perçue comme une panacée dans le processus d’insertion des jeunes. Nous montrons que le «capital social» au sens de Bourdieu(1980, 1985) joue également un rôle non négligeable. Nous portons également une attention particulière aux effets d’interaction entre capital humain et capital social afin de déterminer si ces deux facteurs jouent de façon cumulative ou additive.
Les données proviennent d’une enquête biographique menée dans une ville moyenne au Cameroun en 2010, sur «pauvreté et les besoins non satisfaits en santé de la reproduction des jeunes et adolescents à Bafia» et portent sur 1577 jeunes et adolescents de 15-34 ans. L’analyse mobilise essentiellement les méthodes d’analyse des biographies, notamment la méthode Kaplan-Meier et les régressions de cox.
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Language (Translated)
en
Title (Translated)
The importance of human and social capital in young people's labor market integration: Case of a medium-sized city in Cameroon (Bafia)
Abstract (Translated)
Contrary to neoclassical theory which treats human capital (here, education) as the principal determinant of individual gains on the labor market (Cohn and Geske(1990), Gary Becker(1964)), alternative theories (Stiglitz(1975), Arrow(1973), Spence(1973)) show that social factors also play a non-negligible role in positioning on the labor market (Kamanzi, 2006). The article pursues the line of thought proposed by alternative theories on human capital and aims to emphasize the limits of education, which seems to be perceived as a panacea in the process of young people's integration into the labor force. We show that “social capital” in Bourdieu's (1980, 1985) sense also plays a non-negligible role. We will also pay particular attention to the effects of interaction between human and social capital in order to determine whether the effects of these two factors are cumulative or additive. The data are drawn from an event history survey carried out in a medium-sized city in Cameroon in 2010, on “poverty and unsatisfied needs in the reproductive health of young people and adolescents in Bafia,” based on interviews with 1577 young people and adolescents between 15-34 years of age. The analysis is mainly based on the methods of event history analysis, notably the Kaplan-Meier estimator and Cox regressions.
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Language of Presentation
French
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