Unpacking Youth Unemployment in Latin America

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dc.creatorCunningham, Wendy
dc.date2012-03-19T19:12:03Z
dc.date2012-03-19T19:12:03Z
dc.date2009-08-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:14:37Z
dc.descriptionHigh youth unemployment rates may be a signal of difficult labor market entry for youth or may reflect high churning. The European and United States literature finds the latter conclusion while the Latin American literature suggests the former. This paper uses panel data to examine whether Latin American youth follow OECD patterns or are, indeed, unique. By decomposing transition matrices into propensity to move and rate of separation matrices and estimating duration matrices, the authors find that Latin American youth do follow the OECD trends: their high unemployment reflects high churning while their duration of unemployment is similar to that of non-youth. The paper also finds that young adults (age 19-24) have higher churning rates than youth; most churning occurs between informal wage employment, unemployment, and out-of-the labor force, even for non-poor youth; and unemployment probabilities are similar for men and women when the analysis control for greater churning by young men. The findings suggest that the "first employment" programs that have become popular in the region are not addressing the key constraints to labor market entry for young people and that more attention should be given to job matching, information, and signaling to improve the efficiency of the churning period.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4218
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416413
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5022
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADOLESCENTS
dc.subjectADULT MALES
dc.subjectADULT MEN
dc.subjectADULT WOMEN
dc.subjectADULT WORKERS
dc.subjectAGE CATEGORIES
dc.subjectAGE GROUP
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectAPPRENTICESHIP
dc.subjectATTRITION
dc.subjectAVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT TRENDS
dc.subjectFINDING EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectHIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectJOB EXPERIENCE
dc.subjectJOB SEARCH
dc.subjectJOB TRAINING
dc.subjectJOB TURNOVER
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE ATTACHMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET TURNOVER
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR TURNOVER
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLOW UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectMALE YOUTH
dc.subjectMODERATE UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectOLDER ADULTS
dc.subjectPERMANENT JOB
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR FAMILIES
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPRESENTS UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPRIME AGE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectRETIREMENT
dc.subjectSALARIED EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSCHOOL AGE
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL ISSUES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subjectTEENAGERS
dc.subjectTOTAL LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectTOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED POOR
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED YOUTH
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT SPELL
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT TRANSITION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWAGE SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULT
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULT WOMEN
dc.subjectYOUNG ADULTS
dc.subjectYOUNG MEN
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subjectYOUNG PERSON
dc.subjectYOUNG WOMEN
dc.subjectYOUNG WORKERS
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.subjectYOUTH LABOR
dc.subjectYOUTH POPULATION
dc.subjectYOUTH RATES
dc.subjectYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subjectYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectYOUTH VIOLENCE
dc.titleUnpacking Youth Unemployment in Latin America

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