Mapuche Transitions from Education to Work: Vulnerable Transitions and Unequal Outcomes. Issue 2 (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Castillo, Javier; Webb, Andrew; Biehl, Andrés
• Is Part Of: Journal of developing societies. Volume 38:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 244
• Page End: 273
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: Mapuche -- ethnic inequality -- racial stratification -- racism -- Chile; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- History -- Periodicals; 909.09724
• DOI: 10.1177/0169796X221085036
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-796X

Abstract

This article investigates vulnerabilities in transitions from secondary and tertiary education to work among the indigenous Mapuche youth in Chile. The study draws from a 2014 social survey and qualitative in-depth interviews of indigenous students in secondary and higher education focused on the magnitude of accumulative disadvantages and the decision processes involved in their choice of future life-paths. Despite socioeconomic convergence with the non-Mapuche population, the results reveal the importance of urban economic conditions and previous educational disadvantages in shaping the aspirations of Mapuche youth.