Influencia de la tasa de desempleo sobre la competitividad en el municipio de San José de Cúcuta, durante el periodo 2008 – 2018.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze the dynamics of unemployment and how they affect competitiveness levels in the municipality of San José de Cúcuta, bearing in mind the characteristics of the municipality, such as its geographical location, which allowed it to be cataloged at some time as one of the most dynamic borders in Latin America. However, the current situation that exists within Venezuela at the political, economic and social levels, has had a negative impact on the commercial relations established with the neighboring country, given the aforementioned location. Also, the lack of a solid productive apparatus, which does not depend on these relationships, and the disarticulation of some sectors of the economy, generate a high rate of unemployment for the municipality, in fact, by 2018, Cúcuta was placed in the first places at the national level, with one of the highest unemployment rates. This situation negatively affects the competitiveness indicators (creation of new companies, development of new products, use of competitive advantages, among others) which generates a vicious circle, which tends to exacerbate the economic crisis in which the municipality is mired. and its metropolitan area. For this reason, with this project, we seek to identify how, through the behavior of unemployment figures in the city of San José de Cúcuta in the period 2008-2018, competitiveness indicators are affected and thus formulate a series of recommendations that in the long term is considered as an alternative to improve this scenario. This will be achieved through a mixed methodological approach, which includes a bibliographic review (Competitiveness Agendas, Municipality Development Plans) and interpretation of figures obtained from secondary sources such as the DANE and the Chamber of Commerce, among others.