ABSTRACT
Mexico is among the countries with the greatest labor mobility. Despite the importance of the topic, research is still limited and does not analyze differences between women and men, especially the role unpaid care work plays in the decisions women make regarding labor participation. This research is aimed at analyzing the differences between women and men, based on the following elements: (i) labor mobility in Mexico, using multi-state model methodology, (ii) the characteristics of labor market transitions made between formal employment, informal employment and economic inactivity, (iii) the effect of the variables associated with occurrence risk on different work statuses, in particular unpaid care work, (iv) the probabilities of staying in a job, informality or joblessness after transitions occur, in one year. It was possible to show that the most probable transitions are informal occupation to non-occupation and informal occupation to formal occupation. Sociodemographic factors (sex, age, education) have different effects on transition risks, most importantly the impact that unpaid care work has on risk of transitioning between occupation conditions, with the unfavorable position of women in the labor market given the high probabilities of being in informal occupation or non-occupation and few probabilities of transitioning to formal occupation. Finally, it stresses the need to promote policies to reconcile public and private sectors and employment and unpaid care work.
