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
Subjects:	at-risk youth dropout income distribution informality labor market ninis school attendance school-to-work transition programs unemployment
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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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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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
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Out of School and Out of Work : Risk and Opportunities for Latin America’s Ninis

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