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Improving human capital depends chiefly on education and employment. Education outcomes show low attendance and retention, substantial learning poverty, and many youth not in study or work. Employment is limited by informality and wage gaps, with gender differences varying by job type and often favoring men.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nBACKGROUND NOTE  \n5  \nConditions of Youth  \nin El Salvador1  \n_  \n1. This note was prepared by Sofia Hidalgo and Hugo Ñopo.  \nThe comments of Maria Dávalos, Aylin Isik-Dikmelik, and Ruth Llovet are especially appreciated.  \n1 ~~ ~~  \nBackground Note 5  \nConditions of Youth in El Salvador  \nAbstract  \nEl Salvador enjoys a significant demographic bonus: one in five Salvadorans is between 15 and 24 years old. Ensuring the well-being of this segment of the population is doubly beneficial: it improves the living conditions of a large sector of the population and contributes to improving human capital that will bear fruit for several decades. In both social and economic terms, it is a profitable investment. However, it is worrying to note that there is a higher incidence of extreme poverty and vulnerability in the young population than in the rest of the population.  \nTo achieve improvements in human capital, education and employment must bethe primary focus areas. In education, we document a low percentage of young people who attend and remain in school, and a high level of learning poverty. In addition, a high percentage of young people do not study or work. On the other hand, the percentage of young men who study and work has fallen in recent years, while the percentage of women has remained constant.  \nIn employment, we find about half of young people active in the labor market, although most employed young people have informal jobs, with men having a higher incidence in informality. In terms of wages, the monthly labor income of young people is 17 percent lower than that of adults, and in the aggregate, the total income of young people represents 12 percent of the income generated by workers in El Salvador.  \nIn addition, gender gaps differ according to the type of employment. In general, men receive a higher salary than women. This is also true in the case of dependent employment. However, in self-employment, the situation is the other way around. The decompositions made for all three cases indicate that women should receive a higher salary. But, in general, there is evidence of men being favored.  \nIn this note, we present an overview of the situation of young people in El Salvador, paying special attention to their conditions in education and work and emphasizing gender differences and the poverty conditions in their households.  \nJEL Classification: J13, J21, I21  \nKeywords: Youth, Gender, Employment, Education  \n~~ ~~ 2  \nBackground Note 5  \nConditions of Youth in El Salvador  \nI.  \nIntroduction  \nEl Salvador’s population pyramid in 2023 (Figure 5.1.) has two important characteristics:  \n• The young population predominates.  \nAbout 16 percent of the Salvadoran population is between 15 and 24 years old. This is a higher proportion than the average of Latin America and the European Union (16 percent and 11 percent, respectively) . The country enjoysa demographic bonus that gives it a lot of potential for development if it is well used.  \n• There is a notorious gender imbalance in the adult population. Among the child population (under 15 years of age) and young people (between 15 and 24), 49 percent are women, a figure not far from the balance. However, among the adult population (35 years of age and older), the proportion of women grows to 56 percent, that is, only 44 percent are men, which means that in this age segment there are 1.3 women for every man.  \nFIGURE 5.1. POPULATION PYRAMID OF EL SALVADOR (2023)  \n80+  \n70-74  \n60-64  \n50-54  \n40-44  \n30-34  \n20-24  \n10-14  \n0-4  \n\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n400000 300000 200000 100000 0 100000 200000 300000 400000  \n Females  Males  \nSource: EHPM (2023).  \nAge  \nEl Salvador’s population composition shows that the country will face some demographic challenges in the medium term. For the time being, while the benefits of the demographic bonus are still being enjoyed, it","cbCaibOj2q27mZLY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibOj2q27mZLY","pdf",1928012,4,1,36,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Conditions of youth in El Salvador\n## Demographic profile and gender imbalance\n# Welfare conditions and poverty incidence\n## Income-based poverty classifications\n## Youth poverty trends (2010-2023)\n# Education and employment challenges\n## Education participation and learning poverty\n## Labor market activity, informality, and wages\n# Gender differences by employment type","[{\"question\":\"Why is supporting youth important for El Salvador’s development?\",\"answer\":\"Youth form a large share of the population, and improving their well-being strengthens human capital that can benefit the country for decades. 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