Labour Informality Grows, Is 70% Among Urban Self-Employed, and Shows Wide Gaps in the Country
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In CABA, the independents without registration are 32.8% and the national average is 65.8%; the cities of San Juan and Tucumán have the highest rates of informal occupation when considering the sum of wage earners and self-employed; the map of the problem and the reasons for the differences
A report by the National University of Rosario found an increase in unrecorded work since the end of 2023. The growth of self-employment, the differences between regions and the precariousness in sectors such as domestic service and construction mark the work scene.
The labor informality in Argentina reached 45% of the total workers according to recent INDEC data (from the second quarter of 2026), with a strong impact in the north of the country, where the Great Resistance recorded an informality rate of 84%. According to an analysis by the National University of Rosario, elaborated from [...] La entrada The informal employment grows: the Great Resistance among the five highest indices in the country was pu…
The average informality in Argentina reaches 45% of the total universe of workers in 2026, but in the north scale in several urban centers above 80% and in the conurban one climbs 70% among the self-employed. The measurement corresponds to the second trimester of the year and reveals a constant increase from 41.4% recorded at the end of 2023, according to data processed by the National University of Rosario from the Permanent Household Survey (E…
A university report revealed that precariousness deepened since 2023, driven by the advance of self-employment without retirement contributions.
The average informality in Argentina reaches 45 percent of the total universe of workers in 2026, but in the North scale in several urban centers above 80% and in the conurban one climbs 70% among the self-employed. The measurement corresponds to the second quarter of the year and reveals a constant increase [...] The Argentine North entrance: more than 8 out of 10 workers are in informality was first published in First Edition.
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