Idle Youth in Mexico : Trapped between the War on Drugs and Economic Crisis

Idle Youth in Mexico : Trapped between the War on Drugs and Economic Crisis

The present study combines data from Mexico's employment surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Empleo and Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo) with the country's official statistics on murder rates to create a state-level panel data set cover...

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Main Authors:	de Hoyos, Rafael, Gutierrez Fierros, Carlos, Vargas M., J. Vicente
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING LATE TEENS CRIMINAL LAWS ASSAULT MURDER RATES GOVERNMENT JUDICIAL PROCESS VIOLENCE PREVENTION INFORMATION SERVICES PROPERTY CRIMES DRUGS SENTENCING DEATH INSECURITY OFFENDER CRIME HOMICIDES HOMICIDE RATE REVIEW THEFT INSTITUTIONS FIREARMS COURTS VIOLENT CRIME DRUG TRAFFICKING GUNS ROBBERY KIDNAPPING PROSECUTORS WEAPONS EXTORTION DETENTION YOUNG MALE VIOLENCE CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS GANGS SECURITY FORCES CONFIDENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY GUN LABOR ROBBERIES PRISON RULE OF LAW MORTALITY TEENAGERS MALE YOUTH POLICE OFFICERS JUDICIAL SYSTEM HOMICIDE UNEMPLOYMENT YOUNG MEN ILLICIT DRUG WAGES POLICIES ADOLESCENCE POLICE PARTICIPATION AGE CRIMES INVESTIGATION BANK VIOLENT CRIMES REPORTS MURDER VICTIMS VICTIM COCAINE OFFENDERS YOUTH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ADOLESCENTS CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY HOMICIDE RATES ILLEGAL DRUGS JUSTICE PERPETRATORS CRIMINALS PROSECUTOR CHILDREN THEFTS SECURITY WAR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY MILITARY FORCES CRIME RATES ORGANIZATION POVERTY JUDICIARY OFFENSE YOUNG PEOPLE COMPLAINT DRUG LAW TRAFFICKING AGREEMENT STRATEGY GOVERNMENTS ORGANIZED CRIME CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES SERVICE YOUTH POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25873511/idle-youth-mexico-trapped-between-war-drugs-economic-crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23885

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Summary:	The present study combines data from Mexico's employment surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Empleo and Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo) with the country's official statistics on murder rates to create a state-level panel data set covering the period 1995 to 2013. Including most of the common controls identified by the literature, the results show that the rate of male youth ages 19 to 24 not studying and out of work (the so-called ninis), is not correlated with homicide rates during the period 1995 to 2006. However, there is evidence that a positive correlation between male ninis and murder rates arises between 2007 and 2013, a period during which murder rates in Mexico increased threefold. The association between ninis and homicide rates is stronger in states located along the border with the United States, a region particularly affected by organized crime and the international financial crisis of 2008-09.

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