Determinación de la prima salarial urbana en el Ecuador. Un estudio para el periodo 2010-2016

Abstract

This research seeks to determine the urban wage premium in Ecuador, based on the use of the National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Sub-employment (ENEMDU). Using a pool data, the urban wage premium is estimated using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) methodology. The results showed the existence of the urban wage premium at the area level, classification by size of cities, cantonal population and number of companies per capita. The main findings made it possible to determine that the demographic size of cities has a positive impact on wages, that is, individuals located in the cities considered as metropolis and large cities receive salaries higher in 14% and 4% respectively than those located in small cities. In addition, it was observed that the cantonal population affects the salary of individuals by 0.03%. Similarly, the number of companies per capita in a city has a positive impact of 0.05% on wages received by workers.