Abstract: This research titled "Effects of Unemployment on Youth Development in Selected Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State" sought to determine the effect of youth unemployment on skill development among youths in the six selected local government areas of Ebonyi State; ascertain the effects of youth unemployment on efficient skill mobilization for youth development in the selected local government areas in Ebonyi State; and find out the extent to which youth unemployment hinders efficient utilization of skills among youths in the selected local government areas of Ebonyi State. The study was anchored on Human Capital Theory by Gary Becker in 1964. Descriptive survey research design was adopted to study a population of 1,442,000 which was reduced to a sample size of 400 using.......
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