Youth enrollment to the IESS and position of political actors in Ecuador, in the period 2019 – 2022

Abstract

The evolution of youth enrollment in the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) during the period 2019 to 2020 shows setbacks that reflect problems for the insertion of young people in the labor market. Likewise, the discourse of the government and other actors identifies certain approaches to address this issue that have not been translated into concrete policies that promote the formal labor market insertion of young people. For the analysis of the evolution of young members within the social security system, official information from the Statistical Bulletins published annually by the IESS was used. To address the position of public and private political actors, an analysis of discourses on the subject in the media was carried out. Finally, the importance of young people as active participants in the Ecuadorian social security system is explored.