In Brazil, this is estimated to be around 3.4 years, which is considerably lower than in other emerging countries (as well as in Italy and Spain), but longer than for other OECD countries. The measure in Column 4 addresses this issue somewhat by focusing on successful transitions only. Based on this measure, counting only youth who do transition to work, it takes young people in Brazil one year on average to make the transition from education into the world of work.