Determinants of unemployment and its influence on poverty: The Case of Guayaquil-Ecuador 2007-2019

Abstract

The country and the city of Guayaquil in particular, during the period 2007 to 2019, wentthrough cycles of boom and economic crisis, establishing determinant variables of unemployment and its incidence in poverty, for which different theories that analyze economicdevelopment were reviewed. , the information was obtained from secondary sources, publishedby official entities in charge of generating statistics, so the research has a qualitativeand descriptive character and consequently the use of inductive and deductive methods.The results are presented in statistical tables and econometric figures that express the behaviorof the different variables: employment, unemployment, investment, poverty, productionand consumption, inputs that allow determining in the different cycles of the observedperiod, the incidence of unemployment in poverty levels. It is concluded that qualityeducation and investment generates growth and economic development.