Caracterización del perfil socio-laboral de las personas con empleo adecuado e implicaciones para el diseño de las políticas de empleo en Ecuador, año 2018

Abstract

Abstract:This research was carried out with the objective of identifying if there are, in the Ecuadorian labor market, socio-demographic characteristics that differentiate the population with adequate employment from the population under more precarious employment categories. The characterization was made using the statistical information of the ENEMDU survey of April 2018; with a sample of 29,777 people belonging to the PEA, of which, 39% integrate adequate employment. The multivariate technique of cluster analysis was used as a characterization methodology, previously selecting the relevant characterization variables by means of a logistic regression and a discriminant analysis. As a result, a homogeneous cluster was identified that agglomerates 63% of the population with adequate employment, whose subjects are differentiated from those of other segments mainly by: residing in the urban area, being in an age range between 24 and 50 years, have university education, belong to the ethnic group of mestizos and descend from a household with average per capita income. This implies a need to focus employment policies on specific groups with disadvantages.