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  "title": "Youth Unemployment in Uruguay",
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  "summary": "Uruguay enjoys favorable social outcomes, and its labor indicators are comparable to other Latin American countries, but its youth unemployment is one of the highest in the world.",
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      "heading": "Summary and key findings",
      "content": "- Uruguay enjoys favorable social outcomes, and its labor indicators are comparable to other Latin American countries, but its youth unemployment is one of the highest in the world.\n- The paper employs synthetic panels from repeated household surveys for LA6 countries from 1990-2018 to investigate the determinants of the youth-to-adult unemployment gap.\n- A large part of the Uruguayan gap cannot be explained by standard variables, opening the possibility that other uncontrolled factors, including labor market institutions, might be at play."
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      "heading": "Methods and data",
      "content": "- Method: synthetic panels constructed from repeated household surveys.\n- Coverage: LA6 countries.\n- Period: 1990-2018."
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      "heading": "Implications and interpretation",
      "content": "- Standard explanatory variables do not fully account for Uruguay’s youth-to-adult unemployment gap.\n- The unexplained portion suggests potential roles for uncontrolled factors, notably labor market institutions and labor market rigidities, in shaping youth labor market outcomes."
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      "content": "- Author: Jose L. Torres\n- Date: December 11, 2020\n- Pages: 26\n- Volume: 2020\n- Issue: 281\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2020/281\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513563947.001\n- Stock No: WPIEA2020281\n- ISBN: 9781513563947\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- Subjects: Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Unemployment rate\n- Keywords: labor market, labor market characteristic, labor market rigidity, labor market trajectory, labor rigidities, labor-market challenge, synthetic panel., unemployment gap, WP, youth labor market prospect, youth unemployment\n\nSource: Jose L. Torres, \"Youth Unemployment in Uruguay\", IMF Working Papers, December 11, 2020.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/12/11/youth-unemployment-in-uruguay-49949"
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    "Authors: Jose L. Torres",
    "Published: December 11, 2020",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513563947.001",
    "Uruguay enjoys favorable social outcomes, and its labor indicators are comparable to other Latin American countries, but its youth unemployment is one of the highest in the world.",
    "The paper employs synthetic panels from repeated household surveys for LA6 countries from 1990-2018 to investigate the determinants of the youth-to-adult unemployment gap.",
    "A large part of the Uruguayan gap cannot be explained by standard variables, opening the possibility that other uncontrolled factors, including labor market institutions, might be at play.",
    "Method: synthetic panels constructed from repeated household surveys.",
    "Coverage: LA6 countries.",
    "Period: 1990-2018.",
    "Standard explanatory variables do not fully account for Uruguay’s youth-to-adult unemployment gap.",
    "The unexplained portion suggests potential roles for uncontrolled factors, notably labor market institutions and labor market rigidities, in shaping youth labor market outcomes.",
    "Author: Jose L. Torres",
    "Date: December 11, 2020",
    "Pages: 26",
    "Volume: 2020",
    "Issue: 281",
    "Series: Working Paper No. 2020/281",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513563947.001",
    "Stock No: WPIEA2020281",
    "ISBN: 9781513563947",
    "ISSN: 1018-5941",
    "Subjects: Employment, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment, Unemployment rate",
    "Keywords: labor market, labor market characteristic, labor market rigidity, labor market trajectory, labor rigidities, labor-market challenge, synthetic panel., unemployment gap, WP, youth labor market prospect, youth unemployment",
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