Sergio Úrzua en Enade 2026: “Si Chile vuelve a crecer ¿quién va a trabajar?"

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Sergio Úrzua, an economist from the University of Maryland, analyzed the Chilean labor market, pointing to low birth rates as a major future crisis. He criticized the weakening of the labor market, attributing it to legislative actions, and expressed concern over the declining growth in formal employment and increasing unemployment duration, especially for university graduates. Úrzua stressed that if Chile grows, the question arises who will work, suggesting a need to invest in capital and technology to transform the demographic challenge into an opportunity.