@article{discovery10138444,
            year = {2021},
           month = {October},
         journal = {Journal of Youth Studies},
           title = {Latin American young NEETs: Brazil as a case study for systemic risks of youth social exclusion},
            note = {{\copyright} 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor \& Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).},
       publisher = {ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \& FRANCIS LTD},
        abstract = {Globally, one fifth of individuals aged 15-24 are 'not in
employment, education or training' (NEET). NEETs have become
an increasingly important notion in international debate,
although criticisms are directed at its all-encompassing nature
and lack of concern with the intergenerational, gendered, social
and systemic inequalities that influence young people becoming
NEETs. Prevalence of youth NEETs is especially high in Latin
America, with women disproportionally affected. Brazil has one of
the highest absolute numbers of NEETs in LAC. This paper uses
data from the last Brazilian census to examine contextual drivers
of NEETs in Brazil, and to critically assess broader implications for
policy. In Brazil, states with higher coefficients of social inequality
and levels of criminality are more likely to have higher proportion
of youth NEET. Globally, social inequalities associated with
gender, race and crime are pervasive drivers of young NEET
status. Latin American youth are in a particularly disadvantageous
position. Policies that aim to overcome social exclusion and
marginalisation of youth need to focus on systemic drivers of the
NEET condition among vulnerable subgroups of young people.},
          author = {Kiss, L and Fotheringhame, D and Quilan-Davidson, M},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1965107},
        keywords = {NEETs, young people, youth unemployment, marginalisation, social inequalities, social exclusion}
}