Objective:

To analyzes the duration of unemployment and its relationship with the search channels in the labor market of the Mexican economy during the first quarter of 2018 and 2021.

Methodology:

With microdata from the National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE, in Spanish), an ordered multiple response probit model is estimated. It explores how different search channels and personal characteristics of the individual impact on the probability that unemployment is short, medium, or long term.

Results:

It is found that having work experience facilitates the labor insertion process, making the unemployment period relatively short. Using search channels such as going to job boards or private placement agencies and accessing temporary employment programs increases the probability that the duration of unemployment does not exceed one quarter. Living in a state on the northern border of Mexico increases the possibility that unemployment will be shortlived.

Limitation:

The work does not analyze the relationship of interest in sectoral terms.

Conclusions:

Work experience facilitates the labor insertion process and formal search channels allow unemployment to be short-term, schooling increases the probability that unemployment is not long-term.