Mapuche Transitions from Education to Work: Vulnerable Transitions and Unequal Outcomes

Javier Castillo, Andrew Webb and Andrés Biehl
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Javier Castillo: School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andres Bello
Andrew Webb: Instituto de Sociología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Andrés Biehl: Instituto de Sociología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Journal of Developing Societies, 2022, vol. 38, issue 2, 244-273

Abstract: This article investigates vulnerabilities in transitions from secondary and tertiary education to work among the indigenous Mapuche youth in Chile. The study draws from a 2014 social survey and qualitative in-depth interviews of indigenous students in secondary and higher education focused on the magnitude of accumulative disadvantages and the decision processes involved in their choice of future life-paths. Despite socioeconomic convergence with the non-Mapuche population, the results reveal the importance of urban economic conditions and previous educational disadvantages in shaping the aspirations of Mapuche youth.

Keywords: Mapuche; ethnic inequality; racial stratification; racism; Chile (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X221085036

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