Unpacking Youth Unemployment in Latin America

Cunningham, Wendy

dc.creator	Cunningham, Wendy
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:12:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:12:03Z
dc.date	2009-08-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:36:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:36:55Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090824083220
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4218
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249718
dc.description	High 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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5022
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject	ADULT MALES
dc.subject	ADULT MEN
dc.subject	ADULT WOMEN
dc.subject	ADULT WORKERS
dc.subject	AGE CATEGORIES
dc.subject	AGE GROUP
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	APPRENTICESHIP
dc.subject	ATTRITION
dc.subject	AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
dc.subject	FINDING EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject	JOB EXPERIENCE
dc.subject	JOB SEARCH
dc.subject	JOB TRAINING
dc.subject	JOB TURNOVER
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	LABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE ATTACHMENT
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET TURNOVER
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR TURNOVER
dc.subject	LABOUR
dc.subject	LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	MALE YOUTH
dc.subject	MODERATE UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	MOTIVATION
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	OLDER ADULTS
dc.subject	PERMANENT JOB
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POOR FAMILIES
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	PRESENTS UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	PRIME AGE
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	RETIREMENT
dc.subject	SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SCHOOL AGE
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SOCIAL ISSUES
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	TEENAGERS
dc.subject	TOTAL LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED POOR
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED YOUTH
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT DURATIONS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT TRANSITION
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	WAGE SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULT
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULT WOMEN
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULTS
dc.subject	YOUNG MEN
dc.subject	YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subject	YOUNG PERSON
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.subject	YOUNG WORKERS
dc.subject	YOUTH
dc.subject	YOUTH LABOR
dc.subject	YOUTH POPULATION
dc.subject	YOUTH RATES
dc.subject	YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject	YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	YOUTH VIOLENCE
dc.title	Unpacking Youth Unemployment in Latin America
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean