Capital Social en la incorporación de profesionales al mercado de trabajo en México

Marco Tulio Bustos Gutiérrez; Olga Angélica Vásquez Palma

doi:10.31637/epsir-2024-862

Authors

Marco Tulio Bustos Gutiérrez Temuco Catholic University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-6403
Olga Angélica Vásquez Palma Temuco Catholic University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1316-2378

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-862

Keywords:

Social Capital, Job Market, Young People, Occupation, Gneder, Social Network, NOES, Mexico

Abstract

Introduction: This study aims to observe differences in the labor conditions of Mexican professionals when entering the labor market using social capital compared to those employing other forms of labor market insertion. Methodology: This is a quantitative, comparative, cross-sectional study based on the results of the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) conducted in Mexico during the first half of 2023. Mean tests, Levene's test, and Student's t-test were employed to achieve the objective. Two-dimensional analysis with contingency tables using Chi-Square and Phi correlation statistics was conducted using SPSS v.23. Results and Discussion: Findings indicate no differences in income levels and weekly working hours between those utilizing social capital and those who do not. However, significant disparities were observed in access to healthcare and social benefits among the studied population. Conclusions: These results prompt further investigation into the positive effects attributed to social capital in labor market integration.

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Author Biographies

Marco Tulio Bustos Gutiérrez, Temuco Catholic University

D. in Social Science Research with a major in Political Science and a Master in Government and Public Affairs from the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico. Economist from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico. He has worked as a consultant in the private sector and in monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs in the public sector. He has been an Academic of the Public Administration Career and Academic of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Public Administration at the Catholic University of Temuco since 2012. He coordinates the Regional Transparency Observatory of La Araucanía since the end of 2023. Collaborating Researcher of the Center for Gender Studies of the Catholic University of Temuco since 2024.

Olga Angélica Vásquez Palma, Temuco Catholic University

D. in Social Sciences from the University of Chile, funded by ANID Scholarship. Master in Education from Universidad de la Frontera, Chile. Anthropologist, with mention in ethnolinguistics, Catholic University of Temuco, Chile. With research in university higher education, intercultural education positioned in decolonial critical interculturality. She has developed studies in childhood and elderly people, health, education and food security. She works as an associate professor and researcher in the Department of Therapeutic Processes of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Catholic University of Temuco. Collaborating Researcher of the Center for Gender Studies of the Catholic University of Temuco since 2024.

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