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Jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan: Dinámica y determinantes en Colombia

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  • Francisco Javier Lasso-Valderrama
  • Carmiña Ofelia Vargas-Riaño

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En Colombia, uno de cada cinco jóvenes entre los 15 y los 24 años no está estudiando, tampoco está trabajando. Estudiamos la evolución de la prevalencia de Ninis en Colombia entre 1984 y 2024 usando un panel de cohortes sintéticas construidas a partir de las encuestas de hogares de Colombia. Evidenciamos que entre los 16 y los 18 años se presenta una fuerte aceleración en la tasa de jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan; además, la condición de Nini es altamente persistente en edades adultas. También, caracterizamos la condición de Nini por sexo y por el nivel de ingreso de la familia. Asimismo, mostramos que el estar en condición de Nini entre los 16 y los 22 años condiciona la trayectoria laboral de estos jóvenes, resultando en que veinte años después experimenten una menor tasa de ocupación y una mayor tasa de desempleo, particularmente en hombres, y una menor tasa de ocupación asalariada, particularmente entre las mujeres.*****ABSTRACT: In Colombia, one out of every five young people between the ages of 15 and 24 is neither studying nor working. We study the evolution of the prevalence of NEETs in Colombia between 1984 and 2024 using a panel of synthetic cohorts built from Colombian household surveys. We find that between the ages of 16 and 18 there is a strong acceleration in the rate of young people who neither study nor work; moreover, being in NEET condition is highly persistent in adulthood. We also characterize the NEET condition by gender and by family income level. Likewise, we show that being in NEET condition between the ages of 16 and 22 affects the work trajectory of these young people, resulting in lower employment rates and higher unemployment rates twenty years later, particularly for men, and a lower rate of wage employment, particularly among women.

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  • Francisco Javier Lasso-Valderrama & Carmiña Ofelia Vargas-Riaño, 2026. "Jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan: Dinámica y determinantes en Colombia," Borradores de Economia 1363, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:borrec:1363
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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