Determinan factors of reciprocal labour and wage labour employment in Rural Ecuador

The present work gives a quantitative analysis of the factors that affect reciprocal labor and the demand of the work force in rural Ecuador. Through the data obtained in the Life Conditions Survey of 2005-2006, this work asseses the probability for an Ecuadorian household to participate in communit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Vasco, Cristian
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista EUTOPIA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/1227
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/1227
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:reciprocal labour
labor exchange
wage labour
trabajo recíproco
intercambio de mano de obra
trabajo asalariado
Descripción
Sumario:The present work gives a quantitative analysis of the factors that affect reciprocal labor and the demand of the work force in rural Ecuador. Through the data obtained in the Life Conditions Survey of 2005-2006, this work asseses the probability for an Ecuadorian household to participate in community work, exchange labour force with other families and to hire additional workers. The results show that the engagement in this type of community work is fundamentally influenced by factors such as: ethni­city, spatial land distribution, agricultural credit, industrial agriculture penetration and road infrastruc­ture at the province level. The number of international migrants of the household is not relevant for these aspects. Finally, the probability for a rural home to hire agricultural laborers seems to be strongly connected to ethnicity, credit availability and land spatial distribution.