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<journal-id>2076-054X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Población y Desarrollo ]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Poblac.Desarro.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2076-054X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS- UNA]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2076-054X2026006200030</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/pdfce/2076-054x/2026.032.62.030</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Jóvenes que no estudian ni trabajan en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay. Periodo 2016 &#8211; 2022]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Young people who do not study or work in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Period 2016 &#8211; 2022]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barreto Benítez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karina Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Columbia del Paraguay  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>62</numero>
<fpage>30</fpage>
<lpage>43</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2076-054X2026006200030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2076-054X2026006200030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2076-054X2026006200030&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La situación de los jóvenes que no estudian ni trabajan podría ser problemática para las economías de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay porque representaría una pérdida para el capital humano que evitaría el alcance del producto potencial de la fuerza laboral. Se percibe que estos jóvenes fueron olvidados por el sistema, no obstante, no son casos aislados que debían tratarse solo desde las familias, cuando también pueden surgir soluciones desde los espacios gubernamentales y empresariales. Por esto, la investigación tuvo como objetivo general describir la situación de los jóvenes que no estudiaban ni trabajaban en Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay durante el periodo 2016 &#8211; 2022. La metodología fue de enfoque cuantitativo con diseño bibliográfico documental, donde se utilizaron los métodos analítico-sintético, inductivo y estadístico para alcanzar el nivel descriptivo. Los resultados más importantes indicaron que, en promedio, el 15.9% de la juventud de los países analizados no estudiaron ni trabajaron durante el periodo 2016 &#8211; 2022. Además, a través de la prueba chi-cuadrado, se indicó que existió una asociación entre la zona de la vivienda y el género en varios de los países analizados. Finalmente, a través de la prueba de homogeneidad, se concluyó que los motivos de inactividad de los jóvenes variaban entre países, por lo que las realidades y causas subyacentes de cada país deberían ser estudiadas por separado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The situation of young people who do not study or work could be problematic for the economies of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay because it would represent a loss for human capital that would prevent the potential output of the labor force from being reached. It is perceived that these young people were forgotten by the system, since traditionally families took care of them as best they could. However, these are not isolated cases that should be dealt with only by families, when solutions can also emerge from government and business spaces. For this reason, the general objective of the research was to describe the situation of young people who did not study or work in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay during the period 2016 &#8211; 2022. The methodology was quantitative with a documentary bibliographic design, where analytical-synthetic, inductive and statistical methods were used to reach the exploratory and descriptive level. The most important results indicated that, on average, 15.9% of young people in the countries analyzed did not study or work during the period 2016 &#8211; 2022. In addition, through the chi-square test, it was indicated that there was an association between the area of housing and gender in several of the countries analyzed. Finally, through the homogeneity test, it was concluded that the reasons for youth inactivity varied between countries, so the underlying realities and causes of each country should be studied separately.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[jóvenes que no estudian ni trabajan]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[economía laboral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NEETs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[young people who do not study or work]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[labor economics]]></kwd>
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