Following Mexican Youth : A Short-Run Study of Time Use Decisions
This paper exploits data from a rotating panel that follows individuals for four quarters to shed light on the factors driving the time use decisions and restrictions faced by Mexican youth. The results of the analysis imply that: (i) once youth ag...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25796464/following-mexican-youth-short-run-study-time-use-decisions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23701 |
| Summary: | This paper exploits data from a rotating
panel that follows individuals for four quarters to shed
light on the factors driving the time use decisions and
restrictions faced by Mexican youth. The results of the
analysis imply that: (i) once youth aged 15 to 18 years old
leave school, it is very unlikely that they will return;
(ii) being "neither in work nor in school" (Nini)
is a highly persistent condition; and (iii) marriage
(perhaps motivated by teen pregnancy) increases the
probability of girls leaving school and raising children by
themselves, which may in turn increase their future
likelihood of being Ninis, as well as the probability of
their children growing up to become Ninis, potentially
creating an intergenerational transmission of Nininess.
Similar results are found for other countries in the region
(Brazil and Argentina). |
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