Critical Decisions at a Critical Age: Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America

Manuelita Ureta, Carlos Filgueira, Naercio Menezes-Filho, Suzanne Duryea, Richard Obuchi, Lykke Andersen, Fernando Filgueira, Josefina Bruni Celli, Carmen Elisa Flórez, Jairo Núñez, Alvaro Fuentes and Alejandra Cox Edwards

No 325 in IDB Publications (Books) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This book uses micro-level data for 18 Latin American countries to examine the choices adolescents make in three areas of behavior: their time allocation toward school and work, their sexual behavior and fertility, and their adoption of adult roles as they marry or cohabitate. Analyzing these issues comparatively across countries provides a richer contrast of the broad range of behavior among youth around the region than traditional country studies. The analysis pays particular attention to the accumulation of human capital, a key determinant of living standards at the individual level and social progress at the aggregate level.

Keywords: youth; teenage pregnancy; school attendance; youth employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
ISBN: 1931003548
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