Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market
More than half of Mexico's workforce is in informal economy; however, there are a high number of transitions from informal to formal employment in the short term, which has been interpreted as evidence that informality is an alternative to improve well-being. The main objective of this study is...
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| author | Lara Lara, Jaime Rojas Huerta, Abigail Vanessa |
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| description | More than half of Mexico's workforce is in informal economy; however, there are a high number of transitions from informal to formal employment in the short term, which has been interpreted as evidence that informality is an alternative to improve well-being. The main objective of this study is to analyze the employment conditions and job stability of employees who are inserted into the formal market, after starting their labor trajectory in the informal market. We use the Módulo de Trayectorias Laborales (MOTRAL) 2015, a survey with national representativeness of Mexican urban areas. We compare emplyment conditions and job stability in 2010 among formal employment using two groups: those who had their first job in informality and those who had their first job in formality. Transition matrices are built between first employment, employment in 2010, and 2015 to corroborate the high mobility found by previous literature; employment conditions and job stability are then analyzed with multivariate models. The results indicate that a significant proportion of those who started in informality subsequently had access to formal jobs. However, access to formal employment from informality occurs under conditions of disadvantages concerning access and job stability, without these subsequently disappearing. Then, the start of working life in informality is associated with permanent disadvantages in the labor market. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-277042021-01-02T19:21:50Z Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market ¿Es realmente fácil unirse a la formalidad? Una aproximación con trayectorias laborales en el mercado laboral mexicano Lara Lara, Jaime Rojas Huerta, Abigail Vanessa work trajectories labor transitions informal labor market formal labor market job stability trayectorias laborales transiciones laborales mercado laboral informal mercado laboral formal estabilidad laboral More than half of Mexico's workforce is in informal economy; however, there are a high number of transitions from informal to formal employment in the short term, which has been interpreted as evidence that informality is an alternative to improve well-being. The main objective of this study is to analyze the employment conditions and job stability of employees who are inserted into the formal market, after starting their labor trajectory in the informal market. We use the Módulo de Trayectorias Laborales (MOTRAL) 2015, a survey with national representativeness of Mexican urban areas. We compare emplyment conditions and job stability in 2010 among formal employment using two groups: those who had their first job in informality and those who had their first job in formality. Transition matrices are built between first employment, employment in 2010, and 2015 to corroborate the high mobility found by previous literature; employment conditions and job stability are then analyzed with multivariate models. The results indicate that a significant proportion of those who started in informality subsequently had access to formal jobs. However, access to formal employment from informality occurs under conditions of disadvantages concerning access and job stability, without these subsequently disappearing. Then, the start of working life in informality is associated with permanent disadvantages in the labor market. Más de la mitad de la fuerza laboral mexicana se encuentra en la informalidad. Sin embargo, existe un elevado número de transiciones del empleo informal al empleo formal en el corto plazo, lo que se ha interpretado como evidencia de que la informalidad es una decisión óptima para incrementar el bienestar. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las condiciones de ingreso y estabilidad laboral de los empleados que se insertan a la formalidad, después de iniciar su trayectoria laboral en la informalidad. Se utiliza el Módulo de Trayectorias Laborales (MOTRAL) 2015, encuesta con representatividad nacional de las zonas urbanas mexicanas. Para ello se comparan las condiciones de ingreso y la estabilidad laboral en 2010 entre los trabajadores formales utilizando dos grupos: quienes tuvieron su primer empleo en la informalidad y quienes tuvieron su primer empleo en la formalidad. Se construyen matrices de transición entre el primer empleo, el empleo en 2010, y en 2015 para corroborar la alta movilidad encontrada por la literatura previa; posteriormente se analizan con modelos multivariados las condiciones de ingreso y la estabilidad laboral. Los resultados indican que una proporción significativa de quienes se iniciaron en la informalidad acceden posteriormente a empleos formales. Sin embargo, se encuentra que el acceso al empleo formal desde la informalidad ocurre en condiciones de desventajas en ingresos y contratación de largo plazo, sin que las desventajas desaparezcan posteriormente, por lo que el inicio de la vida laboral en la informalidad está asociado a desventajas permanentes en el mercado de trabajo. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2021-01-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/27704 10.55441/1668.7515.n26.27704 Astrolabio; No. 26 (2021): Enero - Junio: Dinámica demográfica latinoamericana; 202-228 Astrolabio; Núm. 26 (2021): Enero - Junio: Dinámica demográfica latinoamericana; 202-228 Astrolabio; n. 26 (2021): Enero - Junio: Dinámica demográfica latinoamericana; 202-228 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n26 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/27704/32765 Derechos de autor 2021 Abigail Vanessa Rojas Huerta, Jaime Lara Lara https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | work trajectories labor transitions informal labor market formal labor market job stability trayectorias laborales transiciones laborales mercado laboral informal mercado laboral formal estabilidad laboral Lara Lara, Jaime Rojas Huerta, Abigail Vanessa Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title | Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title_alt | ¿Es realmente fácil unirse a la formalidad? Una aproximación con trayectorias laborales en el mercado laboral mexicano |
| title_full | Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title_fullStr | Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title_short | Is it easy joining to formality? A labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| title_sort | is it easy joining to formality a labor trajectories approach in the mexican labor market |
| topic | work trajectories labor transitions informal labor market formal labor market job stability trayectorias laborales transiciones laborales mercado laboral informal mercado laboral formal estabilidad laboral |
| topic_facet | work trajectories labor transitions informal labor market formal labor market job stability trayectorias laborales transiciones laborales mercado laboral informal mercado laboral formal estabilidad laboral |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/27704 |
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