Análisis de los factores que determinan la formación de la generación nini en el Ecuador – año 2014

Abstract

The NEETs refers to the group of people aged between 15 to 24 years, who are not in Education, Employment or Training. This situation is mainly caused by the school dropout, looking for opportunities in the labor market. The reduced labor market opportunities cause the increase of the percent of NEETs. Also, there are social, cultural and economic factors that impact in a significant way the NEET generation. This research analyzes the situation of the Ecuadorian NEETs. For this purpose the “Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida 2014” is used in order to determine the main factors that prevent young Ecuadorians from studying or working, through a Logit Model estimation. The results show that women, young people living in urban areas of the country and young people with low familiar income are more likely to be part of the NEETs.