Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean: Examining Time Allocation Decisions with Cross-Country Data

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Naercio A. Menezes-Filho

University of Sao Paulo

Reynaldo Fernandez

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Paulo Picchetti

University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics

Ricardo Paes de Barros

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Carlos Henrique Corseuil

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Miguel Fogel

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Daniel Santos

Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

Simone Wajnman

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Maria Carolina Leme

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: August 2002

Abstract

This paper uses micro data from a collection of household surveys conducted in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to examine the time allocation decisions of adolescents. We find that an econometric model with household and country-level variables, when applied simultaneously to all the countries in the sample, is able to predict quite well the choices among school, work, both or neither in most of the countries. Moreover, the household variables alone, especially parental education, go a long way towards predicting the rates of school attendance, which means that the stage of development, as measured by per capita GDP for example, impacts human capital accumulation mainly through the households’characteristics.

Suggested Citation

Menezes-Filho, Naercio A. and Fernandez, Reynaldo and Picchetti, Paulo and de Barros, Ricardo Paes and Corseuil, Carlos Henrique and Fogel, Miguel and Santos, Daniel and Wajnman, Simone and Leme, Maria Carolina, Adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean: Examining Time Allocation Decisions with Cross-Country Data (August 2002). IDB Working Paper No. 178, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1814728 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1814728

Naercio A. Menezes-Filho

University of Sao Paulo ( email )

Rua Luciano Gualberto, 315
Sao Paulo 05508-900, 14800-901
Brazil

Reynaldo Fernandez

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Paulo Picchetti

University of São Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics ( email )

Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto 908
Sao Paulo SP, 05508-900
Brazil

Ricardo Paes De Barros

affiliation not provided to SSRN

No Address Available

Carlos Henrique Corseuil

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Miguel Fogel

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Daniel Santos

Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) ( email )

Av. Pres. Antonio Carlos , 51 - 17 andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20020-010
Brazil

Simone Wajnman

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Maria Carolina Leme

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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