In spite of the rapid fertility transition experienced by most LAC countries, teenage fertility has not changed at the same pace or direction. Given early childbearing is deleterious for both mother and child, we describe the differentials in the levels and trends in teenage childbearing and...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the function of the informal sector in employment, its relationship to urban employment, with illustrative evidence from Colombia. The analysis is done for the period 1984 - 2000, which includes phases of boom and economic crisis as well as the implementation...

Spanish Abstract: A partir de los datos de la Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes (ELCA) se analiza el efecto de los factores socioculturales a nivel individual, interpersonal y de contexto sobre la probabilidad de ser madre entre los 12 y los 19 años para un grupo...