El papel del capital humano y el aprendizaje en las microempresas de base social en Baja California

Martín Ramírez Urquidi; Michelle Texis Flores; José Gabriel Aguilar Barceló

doi:10.21670/ref.2014.29.a07

Autores/as

Martín Ramírez Urquidi Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Michelle Texis Flores Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
José Gabriel Aguilar Barceló Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Palabras clave:

Microempresa, capital humano, aprendizaje, emprendedurismo, empleo

Resumen

Este trabajo tiene como objetivos conocer la estructura del capital humano y el aprendizaje en las microempresas de base social del estado de Baja California y determinar el papel de éste sobre el desempeño microempresarial. Ello con el fin de establecer un diagnóstico sobre su contribución y obtener algunas implicaciones de política pública para el sector en esta temática. Los resultados afirman la importancia del capital humano sobre el desempeño de este tipo de negocios, pues existe una relación entre capital humano y el desempeño medido desde diversas perspectivas. Los resultados también dan cuenta de la heterogeneidad en la distribución del capital humano microempresarial entre localidades, sectores, tipos de empresas y género.

Abstract

This work aims at understanding the structure of human capital and learning in low value added microenterprises of Baja California and to determine the role of such factors in microenterprise performance, in order to establish a diagnosis on their contribution and get some public policy implications for the sector. The results confirm the importance of human capital on the performance of these businesses, since there is a relationship between human capital and performance as measured in different ways. The results also account for the heterogeneity in the distribution of microenterprise human capital among locations, sectors, types of business and sex.

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