Determinantes de la migración interna en el Ecuador mediante el uso de modelos de elección discreta en el periodo 2004-2014

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Abstract: The main objective of this work focuses on the search for the determinants of internal migration for Ecuador in the period 2004 to 2014, through the development of discrete choice models for the conduct of research I was used data National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment the National Institute of Statistics and Census for the years 2004 to 2014. The results show under study, that socio-economic variables such as: education, gender, age, marital status are significant performed within the model, so are the main determinants of internal migration, while the wage branch of activity and work do not have statistical significance. From the results, we can recommend the need to propose a series of labor market policies such as increasing human capital in poor regions and territorial equity policies to reduce the number of migrants seeking destined for big cities.