Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis

One in five youth aged 15 to 24 in Latin America is out of school and not working (ninis). Nearly 60 percent of ninis in the region are from poor or vulnerable households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution, and 66 percent are women. At the same time, it is men who account for the gr...

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Main Authors: de Hoyos, Rafael, Rogers, Halsey, Székely, Miguel
Format: Report
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22349
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spelling okr-10986-223492021-08-09T10:00:09Z Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis de Hoyos, Rafael Rogers, Halsey Székely, Miguel at-risk youth dropout income distribution informality labor market ninis school attendance school-to-work transition programs unemployment One in five youth aged 15 to 24 in Latin America is out of school and not working (ninis). Nearly 60 percent of ninis in the region are from poor or vulnerable households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution, and 66 percent are women. At the same time, it is men who account for the growth in 2 million ninis during the last 20 years. The study undertakes a comprehensive diagnosis quantifying the problem, develops a conceptual framework identifying the determinants of youths' choices, uses all the available data to test the theoretical implications, and reviews the evidence regarding interventions that have proven effective in keeping youth in school and helping them become employed. The findings of the study offer policy makers in the region with options to provide opportunities to the region's 20 million ninis. 2015-07-29T21:06:58Z 2015-07-29T21:06:58Z 2016-01-19 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22349 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Central America Latin America
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topic at-risk youth
dropout
income distribution
informality
labor market
ninis
school attendance
school-to-work transition programs
unemployment
spellingShingle at-risk youth
dropout
income distribution
informality
labor market
ninis
school attendance
school-to-work transition programs
unemployment
de Hoyos, Rafael
Rogers, Halsey
Székely, Miguel
Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
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Central America
Latin America
description One in five youth aged 15 to 24 in Latin America is out of school and not working (ninis). Nearly 60 percent of ninis in the region are from poor or vulnerable households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution, and 66 percent are women. At the same time, it is men who account for the growth in 2 million ninis during the last 20 years. The study undertakes a comprehensive diagnosis quantifying the problem, develops a conceptual framework identifying the determinants of youths' choices, uses all the available data to test the theoretical implications, and reviews the evidence regarding interventions that have proven effective in keeping youth in school and helping them become employed. The findings of the study offer policy makers in the region with options to provide opportunities to the region's 20 million ninis.
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author de Hoyos, Rafael
Rogers, Halsey
Székely, Miguel
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Rogers, Halsey
Székely, Miguel
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title Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
title_short Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
title_full Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
title_fullStr Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
title_full_unstemmed Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis
title_sort out of school and out of work : risk and opportunities for latin america’s ninis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
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