Discriminación salarial a los jóvenes recién graduados de la universidad de entre 25 y 34 años en las cinco provincias más pobladas del Ecuador, durante el período 2019-2021

Abstract

Abstract: Young people around the world suffer difficult scenarios due to lack of employment or to the precariousness of the employment situation, which limits their prospects of obtaining a long term work. In Ecuador, recent graduates face the same problem when moment of entering the first job. Reason why it is the object of study of the present work, addresses the issue of wage discrimination among young recent graduates of university students between 25 and 34 years old in the five most populated provinces of Ecuador, during the period 2019-2021, during the period 2019-2021. For this, a research based on the application of a mixed quantitative - qualitative approach, analyzing two study variables, young recent graduates and the labor market, in addition to the impact that this generates on them. On the other hand, it was determined that the lack of experience causes wage discrimination. Likewise, it can be shown that there is gender pay difference in the labor market through bibliographic compilation from official sources. As a general conclusion, the government should implement new laws and job positions so that young recent graduates have opportunities and can access decent employment without any discrimination.