Factores determinantes del empleo juvenil en PYMES en el Ecuador (2018-2023).

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to examine the factors that influence youth employment in SMEs in Ecuador for the period 2018-2023 and addresses the question: what factors influence the employability of young people in these companies? Variables such as level of education, area, gender, marital status, ethnicity, economic sector and type of employment are analyzed in young people aged 18 to 30 years with information from INEC's ENEMDU, through the use of a dichotomous logistic regression econometric study. The work is organized in five parts: introduction, theoretical framework, national contextualization, methodology and results. Among the results, it is found that a high level of education does not influence the probability of advantageous employability with respect to other levels of study, but it does with respect to formal employment or employment in medium-sized companies. Informal employment is associated with lower levels of education and in rural areas. Women are more likely to be employed informally than men, and young people with higher education are more in demand as the size of the company increases.