Los jóvenes y la flexibilidad laboral

The article analyzes the job preferences of young people depending on the gender group, and their willingness to accept the increasing demand for job flexibility. For the analysis we have used microdata from Fundacion Pedro Barrié de la Maza Second Survey (EFPBM 2006). The analysis shows that 66.2% of the interviewee prefers a job as civil servant rather than an open contract with a private company. In terms of gender differences, women show an even stronger preference for the former, 69.08% compared with 62.92% for men. Young population attitude towards contractual flexibility is also very negative. The majority shows a preference for a job as civil servant, but also rules out the possibility of being self employed. Besides, the majority of Galician young people prefer jobs where they will work a fixed number of hours.