'Figuring it out'. Continuity or discontinuity of work in young rural-urban migrants' education to work transition in Kathmandu, Nepal. (21st April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Basnet, Neha; Timmerman, Margaretha C.; van der Linden, Josje
• Is Part Of: Journal of youth studies. Volume 26:Number 4(2023)
• Page Start: 425
• Page End: 440
• Publication Date: 2023-04-21
• Subjects: Youth -- rural-urban migrants -- longitudinal study -- Nepal -- rural youth; Youth -- Periodicals; Youth -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 305.235
• DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2021.2010688
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-6261

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Although youth research has highlighted the importance of a holistic understanding of the changing nature of youth education to work transitions, few studies have examined these transitions from a process perspective. In this study on continuity and discontinuity of work, the process perspective proved to be useful to analyse the education to work transition of rural-urban migrants in Kathmandu, Nepal. Qualitative longitudinal data, consisting of two consecutive in-depth interviews, with twenty-one participants, reveal how they shift choices, negotiate positions, embrace changes and decisions. A reemphasis on the understanding of rural-urban migrant youth education to work transition as part of a process is suggested calling for a holistic understanding of rural-urban migrant youth education to work transition among scholars and policymakers in Nepal and also in other contexts.