La relación entre la inmigración y el trabajo formal. El caso ecuatoriano para 2010.

Abstract

This study reports an investigation of the immigration effects on the probability to be part of the formal labor market in Ecuador, a developing South American economy. To do so, we use the universe of population living in Ecuador as collected in the Census of Population and Dwelling 2010. Using a discrete choice probit model, we find a negative association between immigration and the probability of having a job in the formal labor market. This relation stands to both international immigrants and local immigrants. We also find that as time passes, the probability that an immigrant (local or international) gets involved in the formal labor market increases. In addition, our results show that international migrants face more difficulties to insert in the formal labor market compared to local immigrants.