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

Abstract

Adolescents and human capital formation / Suzanne Duryea, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Manuelita Ureta -- Teenage chilbearing in Latin American countries / Carmen Elisa Flórez and Jairo Núñez -- Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean : how do they decide to allocate their time? / Naercio Aquino Menezes-Filho -- Entry, participation, income and consolidation : young adult labor market experience in Latin America / Josefina Bruni Celli and Richard Obuchi -- School attainment and transitions to adulthood in Latin America / Carlos Filgueira, Fernando Filgueira and Alvaro Fuentes -- Social mobility in Latin America : links with adolescent schooling / Lykke E. Andersen.