Factores socioeconómicos que inciden en el desempleo y subempleo de Machala, 2007 – 2018.

Abstract

The city of Machala, according to statistical reports on the Ecuadorian economy, is considered the third city with the highest unemployment rate. In relation to what is stated by the International Labor Organization by its ILO acronym, unemployment is classified as the group of people who are of average age, who are currently unemployed and who, despite efforts to find them, It has been a long time or has not had any work experience. This is to check with the present study if the employment rate, underemployment and unemployment, varied according to the development of the added value of the productive sectors that make up the economy of the city of Machala between 2007 and 2018, applying the research no experimental, mixed approach and descriptive, correlational, explanatory type, applying data collection tools such as surveys to the citizens of Machala, interviews with specialists in the field of economics and the observation sheet to verify the economic situation and the veracity of the information. It was concluded that the sectors with the greatest representation in capital contribution and number of workers are agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing, wholesale and retail trade of vehicles and automobiles, transport and storage, mining and quarrying, construction , administrative services and support activities, in addition to the absence of a relationship between the aforementioned rates with the changes in economic development of sectors, which shows that there are other factors that influence the increase in unemployment in this city.