El empleo temporal en la industria colombiana, 2000-2013

Abstract

This article analyses temporary labor trajectory in the Colombian manufacturing industry. The source of information used for this purpose is the National Statistics Department Manufacturing Survey. For this analysis, the chronological series for the main manufacturing employment variables during the time period 2000–2013 where used. It was found that since the 90s, the use of temporary employment has grown at the expense of permanent labor, representing in 2014 41.4% of total employment. Despite the growth of indirect temporal employment, direct hiring represents a larger part of the pie. In the other had, men employment exceeded women employment in all categories over a 60%. Direct women employment, despite its fast drop during the period of analysis was 5 points over indirect employment in 2013.