Out-of-School and Out-of-Work Youth in Latin America: A Persistent Problem in a
Decade of Prosperity
Author:
Cárdenas Mauricio,De Hoyos Rafael,Székely Miguel
Abstract
This paper explores the persistent shares of youth that are out of school and out
of work in Latin America, with special attention to those in the fifteen-to-eighteen age
range. According to our calculations, 18.5 percent of Latin American youth in this age
group (9.4 million individuals) are currently neither in school nor working. We present
the patterns of the evolution of this group in eighteen countries across the region,
identifying the set of microeconomic and aggregate variables that are correlated with
their dynamics. We explore the relationship with the household’s socioeconomic
characteristics and with the structure and evolution of labor markets. We identify the
links with the schooling system and school dropout patterns; and we verify whether the
group responds to changes in the environment, including overall GDP growth, or to
economic shocks. We also explore the possibility that they are simply a transient
demographic phenomenon.
JEL Classification: J10, J21, I24.
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance,Business and International Management
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