Youth Employment Transitions in Latin America

Youth Employment Transitions in Latin America

Using panel data from labor force surveys in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the paper maps out young people's paths from the classroom to the work place during the 1980s through the early 2000s. By decomposing transition matrices into propensi...

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Main Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy, Salvagno, Javier Bustos
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS ADULT WORKERS ADULTHOOD AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS APPRENTICESHIP ATTRITION BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS FAILURE CAREER CAREERS CHILD LABOR DEGREES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FAMILIES GENDER GROUPS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB MARKET JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH PROCESS JOB SKILLS JOB TRAINING JOB TURNOVER JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LEARNING LITERACY LITERATURE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MODERATE UNEMPLOYMENT OLDER WORKERS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PAYING JOB PAYING JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIME AGE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS PUBLISHERS RESEARCHERS RETIREMENT SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION SCHOOLS SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SEX TEMPORARY JOBS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN ADOLESCENTS URBAN YOUTH WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE SECTOR WAGES WORKER WORKERS WORKING STUDENTS YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG FEMALES YOUNG MALE YOUNG MALES YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKER YOUNG WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH ACCESS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110105085619 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3294

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Summary:	Using panel data from labor force surveys in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the paper maps out young people's paths from the classroom to the work place during the 1980s through the early 2000s. By decomposing transition matrices into propensity to move and rate of separation and estimating duration matrices, the authors follow young people's movements between school and work and between employment sectors to better understand the dynamics of youth employment, including where youth go upon leaving school, how long they spend in each state, and where they go upon leaving various employment states. The main conclusion of the study is that young people across all three countries follow a similar trend over their life cycle: they leave school to spend a short time in the informal sector, move to a formal position for longer spells, and finally become self-employed. The authors find evidence of decreasing segmentation between formal and informal sectors as workers age, a lower propensity for formal sector employees to return to school than workers in the same age cohort who are not in the formal sector, and that entry to self-employment is not subject to income constraints.

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