Assessing Peruvian University Students’ Preferences for Labor Conditions in Mining Site

The mining industry is one of the biggest industries and has a strong impact in Peru. Despite the mining industry’s importance, it faces labor shortages and environmental risks. For these situations, mining students are important sources of workers not only as labor forces but also as skilled worker...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 13; no. 17; p. 9648
Main Authors Mikami, Shuto, Ito, Yutaka, Oyola Gonzales, Hernan Gabriel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2021
Subjects
Commuting
Employees
Employment
Environmental risk
Experiments
Innovations
Labor
Labor force
Mining
Mining industry
Nursing education
Production costs
Productivity
Skilled workers
Sociodemographics
Students
University students
Workers
Working conditions
South Africa
Thailand
Australia
Kenya
Peru
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Summary:The mining industry is one of the biggest industries and has a strong impact in Peru. Despite the mining industry’s importance, it faces labor shortages and environmental risks. For these situations, mining students are important sources of workers not only as labor forces but also as skilled workers who can contribute to solving the environmental issues of mining companies. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to assess Peruvian university mining students’ preferences for labor conditions in mining sites using a discrete choice experiment in order to promote efficient improvements in labor conditions in mining sites that contribute to stable employment and address environmental concerns. The number of respondents was 222 in two Peruvian universities, including males and females aged 16–35 years. The analysis’s findings indicate that labor conditions at mining sites can be optimized by adjusting them to specific individual characteristics of potential mining workers, resulting in a more efficient working environment for companies and workers.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13179648