Abstract

MOYA, María Alejandra. Impacto del programa “ley del primer empleo” en la incidencia en la informalidad y en el subempleo juvenil en Colombia. suma neg. [online]. 2013, vol.4, n.2, pp.97-111.  Epub Mar 01, 2021. ISSN 2215-910X.

In Colombia there exists the idea that more educated, more likely to find, in the labor market, a well-paid and socially recognized. However, being young is cause of employment discrimination. Young people when confronted for the first time to the labour market are vulnerable for several reasons, which lead them to be underemployed or linked to the informal economy. In this context, the “First Employment Law” creates expectations that are not attainable without the joint between business, State and population group. This document aims to analyze the effect of this law on youth employment, since the program seeks a formalization of employment and generate scenarios with favorable conditions for young people as a means to difficult access to the labour market for the first time. The results indicate that even though education is not always it is a guarantor for youngsters that entrants to the labour market, find a job in the formal sector, and less labor conditions in young people go in line with the knowledge or abilities that it has.

Keywords : Youth labor market,’’ First Employment Law”; Informality; Underemployment.

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