Precariedad en el mercado laboral juvenil ecuatoriano: Un análisis del subempleo y la informalidad

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research is to identify the characteristics related to the youth job insecurity in Ecuador. For this, a probabilistic model is used in which determines the individual characteristics to be informal and/or underemployed. Within the main results it has been possible to determine the main characteristics that are related with the job insecurity of young people which are: the level of education, the area where young people live, marital status, kinship relationship and, which are important for reduce precariousness within the labor market. Therefore, some implications of policy which must be implemented and most importantly, follow up and improve them with the sole purpose of promoting decent, safe and sustainable employment for this population youth. Finally we can conclude that, within the labor market, women are more prone to be underemployed and men to be informal. Therefore, the generation of incentives for the recruitment of young people, training programs, vocational training with the purpose of reducing precariousness in young people due to the issue of dependency relationships.