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| dc.title | Critical Decisions at a Critical Age: Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America |
| dc.contributor.author | Ureta, Manuelita |
| dc.contributor.author | Filgueira, Carlos |
| dc.contributor.author | Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino |
| dc.contributor.author | Duryea, Suzanne |
| dc.contributor.author | Obuchi, Richard |
| dc.contributor.author | Andersen, Lykke E. |
| dc.contributor.author | Filgueira, Fernando |
| dc.contributor.author | Bruni Celli, Josefina |
| dc.contributor.author | Flórez, Carmen Elisa |
| dc.contributor.author | Núñez, Jairo |
| dc.contributor.author | Fuentes, Alvaro |
| dc.contributor.author | Cox Edwards, Alejandra |
| dc.contributor.editor | Duryea, Suzanne |
| dc.contributor.editor | Ureta, Manuelita |
| dc.contributor.editor | Cox Edwards, Alejandra |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | The Caribbean |
| dc.coverage | South America |
| dc.coverage | Central America |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-22T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2003-01-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.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. |
| dc.format.extent | 264 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012347 |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 1931003548 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Critical-Decisions-at-a-Critical-Age-Adolescents-and-Young-Adults-in-Latin-America.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Workforce and Employment |
| dc.subject | Youth and Children |
| dc.subject.keywords | youth, teenage pregnancy, school attendance, youth employment |
| dc.type | Books |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Books |