Las redes personales en la inserción laboral juvenil en tiempos de crisis: Un análisis en Barcelona

• Mattia Vacchiano ^[1] ; Joel Martí ^[1] ; Lidia Yepes Cayuela ^[1] ; Joan Miquel Verd ^[1]
  1. [1] UAB
• Localización: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, ISSN 0210-5233, Nº 161, 2018, págs. 121-140
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis.161.121
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Personal Networks in Job Insertion among Young Adults in Times of Crisis: An Analysis in Barcelona
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    Este artículo presenta un análisis orientado a identificar la relación entre contactos personales y empleo en una muestra de 250 jóvenes de entre 20 y 34 años en el área metropolitana de Barcelona. El análisis, que se basa en los datos obtenidos en una encuesta de redes personales, muestra que el peso de los contactos en la inserción laboral de los jóvenes es mayor que el señalado en estudios precedentes y que es una característica estructural del mercado de trabajo estudiado. El uso de contactos para acceder al empleo tiene un peso importante antes y durante el periodo de crisis, en categorías profesionales altas y bajas, aunque está asociado a las formas más inestables de empleo. Los resultados señalan que movilizar «pocos» y «buenos» contactos se asocia a la obtención de mejores empleos.

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    This article presents the results of a study on the association between personal contacts and employment in a sample of 250 young adults between 20 and 34 years of age, in the Barcelona metropolitan area. The analysis, based on data from a survey of personal networks, shows that the weight of personal contacts on young people’s insertion in the labour market may be even more important than previous studies have indicated, and is a structural characteristic of the labour market considered in this research. The use of social networks for finding employment maintained its importance both before and during the period of economic crisis, and among those in both skilled and unskilled jobs, although it was associated with the most unstable forms of employment. The results confirm the impact of social resources on job outcomes: mobillizing “few” but “good” contacts is associated with obtaining better jobs.

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