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Satisfacción con la vida y condiciones de empleo en México

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  • Jaime Lara Lara

    (Universidad de Monterrey, México)

  • Leobardo Pedro Plata Pérez

    (Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México)

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Este trabajo examina las diferencias en satisfacción con la vida y sus distintos dominios entre los empleados en el mercado laboral mexicano. Encontramos que los subordinados formales de largo plazo tienen mayores niveles de satisfacción que otros tipos de empleo. Los autoempleados y empleadores están más satisfechos con el tiempo libre, pero no con otros dominios de satisfacción; mientras que los subordinados informales tienen desventajas en casi todos los dominios de satisfacción con respecto a los subordinados formales de largo plazo. La dicotomía formal/informal parece ser insuficiente para describir los niveles de satisfacción de los empleados subordinados ya que los subordinados formales de corto plazo tienen importantes desventajas con respecto a los formales de largo plazo.

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  • Jaime Lara Lara & Leobardo Pedro Plata Pérez, 2021. "Satisfacción con la vida y condiciones de empleo en México," Economía: teoría y práctica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, vol. 55(2), pages 109-126, Julio-Dic.
    • Handle: RePEc:ety:journl:v:55:y:2021:i:2:p:109-126
    DOI: 10.24275/ETYPUAM/NE/552021/Lara
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    Keywords

    Informalidad; uso del tiempo; segmentación laboral; satisfacción con la vida.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Y - Miscellaneous Categories
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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