Probabilidades de empleo de alta cualificación en las mujeres ecuatorianas

Abstract

Abstract: Women's participation in the workforce has increased over the years, but the inequality gap in highly qualified positions between men and women is not has reduced despite the progress made in their professional training, a situation that forces them to work in activities other than their profession, often in sectors vulnerable and lower performing. For women it is important that the labor market value their academic achievements, so this research aims to determine what factors influence the probability of participation of Ecuadorian women in highly qualified activities, through the application of the Logit probabilistic model, to the data presented by the National Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Survey [ENEMDU] of the years 2014 and 2021. Among the main results, it was evident that having insurance social, residing in the urban area, having a high level of education, higher levels of family per capita income leads to greater probabilities of working in a high-quality job qualification, both for 2014 and 2021. The experience presents non-linear effects on the probability of women accessing occupations with a higher level of qualification.