A gender story of institutional disengagement of young adults in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chia-Yih Liu (0000-0002-7250-0720, University of St Andrews, corresponding author), Andrés Felipe Castro Torres (0000-0003-1032-3869, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research), Ewa Batyra (0000-0002-2967-1508, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.13138 |
| OpenAlex | W4386020836 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 49 |
Latin America is home to many young adults who are neither engaged in formal education nor work, controversially dubbed as “nini” ( “ni” trabajan “ni” estudian , denoting neither working nor studying). At the same time, early union formation and parenthood are pervasive in the region. Theories pertaining to the linkage between parenthood and female labor force participation are heavily based on evidence found in the Global North, with limited research on the topic in settings with less stable family structures, such as Latin American countries. This study tests the role household structure and family formation play on institutional disengagement of young adults in 12 Latin American countries. We explore the gender dynamic of human capital stagnation by focusing on early parenthood and conjugal partnership for women and men aged 20–25. We use censuses from the Integrated Public‐Use Microdata Series and country‐specific linear regression models. Our results reveal that the intersection of class and gender is a major determinant of institutional disengagement in the region. Women from lower social origins who leave parental home to enter conjugal union and parenthood at younger ages are particularly at risk. This study highlights the urgency of contextualizing the interplay between work and family within the framework of regional family norms, prompting further dialogues concerning the social implications of perceived inactivity
Demographic economics · Disengagement theory · Economics · General partnership · Latin Americans · Microdata (statistics · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Gerontology
Women-Headed Households
A Treatise on the Family
Maternal-perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with adolescent pregnancy in Latin America
What Explains Uneven Female Labor Force Participation Levels and Trends in Developing Countries?
Time Use and Transfers in the Americas
The Costs of Inequality in Latin America
The Women of Colonial Latin America
Motherhood Wage Penalties in Latin America
Latin American Class Structures
Female-headed single-parent households and poverty in Costa Rica
Impact of Covid – 19 on mental health and physical load on women professionals
Family Mortality in Guatemala
Unfolding Patterns of Unpaid Household Work in Latin America
Ni jóvenes, ni desempleados, ni peligrosos, ni novedosos. Una crítica sociológica del concepto de “jóvenes nini” en torno los casos de España, México y Argentina
Female-Headed Households and Living Conditions in Latin America
Formal but Less Equal. Gender Wage Gaps in Formal and Informal Jobs in Urban Brazil
Muchachas no more
Mothers’ nonstandard work schedules and the use of multiple and center-based childcare
Motherhood, labor force behavior, and women’s careers
The Stability Paradox
The Educational Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing and Union Formation in Brazil
The gender gap in pensions in Latin America
How do mothers work? Kin coresidence and mothers' work in Latin America
Women's Employment and the Gain to Marriage
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |