Determinants of underemployment and informality to Honduras 2012

Authors

  • Sergio Francisco Zepeda Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Escuela de Economía.
  • Ela Koritza Díaz Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Escuela de Economía.
  • Zairy Yajaira Rivera Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Escuela de Economía.
  • Héctor Alvarado Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Escuela de Economía

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v4i0.1865

Keywords:

informality, underemployment, probit, PMHS, job quality, determinants

Abstract

In Honduras, labor markets show a strong heterogeneity feature, which is present in all Latin American Regions, thus proving that all employees from different sectors do not enjoy all nonwage profits provided by the State and therefore does not allow them to share with the less fortunate groups. From here on, the quality of employment and the working conditions are studied due to their relevance in the making of public and private political policies, in order to reduce gaps among employees from different sectors.

For this reason, informality and sub employment become an important measure of low quality employment, seen from the standpoint of labor supply and demand. Therefore, it seeks to find out why the individuals prefer to choose labor options that will not maximize the expected benefits of the employees.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pc.v4i0.1865

Revista Portal de la Ciencia, No. 4, julio 2013: 77-85

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Published

2015-02-25

How to Cite

Zepeda, S. F., Díaz, E. K., Rivera, Z. Y., & Alvarado, H. (2015). Determinants of underemployment and informality to Honduras 2012. Portal De La Ciencia, 4, 77–85. https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v4i0.1865

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