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Unlike the previous chapters, the report on Peru draws on a unique source of information: the Young Lives study, which collected longitudinal data. For 15 years, this research followed two groups of adolescents and young people born in the years 1994-1995 and 2001-2002, respectively. Drawing on the information obtained, this chapter pursues two objectives. The first is to document the educational trajectories of young people and their eventual access to post-secondary education and the labour market, with special emphasis on how young people combine study and work activities at different stages of life. The second is to conduct an analysis of the factors associated with post-secondary education and labour market participation decisions. A key aspect addressed is the role of skills, specifically cognitive skills, socio-emotional competencies and work skills. In that regard, the role of socio-economic conditions of the household during childhood, aspirations, expectations, and gender of the individual were taken into account to explain these outcomes.