Shoring up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadorian Labor Market

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Document Type: Informes y documentos sobre políticas
Document Type: English
Publish Date: 15 July 2020 (3 years ago)
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Shoring up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadorian Labor Market

Document Type: Informes y documentos sobre políticas
Document Language: English
Ecuador has become the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans that left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10% of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This paper fills this gap, analyzing a new large survey (known as EPEC). On average, Venezuelan workers are highly skilled and have high rates of employment, compared to Ecuadorians. However, their employment is of much lower quality, characterized by low wages and high rates of informality and temporality. Venezuelans have experienced significant occupational downgrading, relative to their employment prior to emigration. As a result, despite their high educational attainment, Venezuelans primarily compete for jobs with the least skilled and more economically vulnerable Ecuadorian workers. Our simulations suggest that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of educational credentials, would in

Sectors

  •  Livelihood & Social Stability
  •  Income Generation

Population Group

Country Group
Venezuela - Refugees/Migrants
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