Keywords
migration
poverty
inequality
public policy
employment
Puerto Rico
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Abstract
Young people aged 18 to 24 in Puerto Rico face significant social and economic
challenges that can lead them to migrate massively. In the other hand, the country requires the
new generations to emerge from the economic and fiscal crisis it has been immersed for more
than a decade now. This is an exploratory study that uses secondary data and adopts Dunn's
policy analysis methodology. It provides an alternate approach to the study of problems that
require a deeper understanding prior to public policy analysis. The study seeks to know the
sociodemographic status of that population and its implications for the country. In addition, we
explore the factors that could lead young people to stay in the country or migrate. Poverty,
employment, and education issues are identified as those that should guide government policies