News of joblessness

Informal employment rises to 42%, affecting 4 in 10 workers

30-09-2025 11:11 According to a report, four in ten workers in Argentina are employed in jobs that are not subject to “the relevant labour, tax or social security legislation.”

JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

Unemployment falls in reprieve for economy and Milei

18-09-2025 16:50 Joblessness in Argentina’s formal labour market cooled to 7.6% in the April-June period from 7.9% in the previous quarter, according to government data.

JOBS & EMPLOYMENT

Economic pick-up fails to filter through to job market

23-06-2025 15:43 Improved economic activity has reversed last year's shrinkage but the improvement has yet to seep through to the labour market – in March the private sector shed over 7,000 jobs with numbers of self-employed simultaneously on the rise.

by Martín Fernández Nadale

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Unemployment rises despite economic recovery, data shows

19-06-2025 22:19 Unemployment in Argentina rose to 7.9 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to INDEC data.

TWO SIDES OF SAME COIN

Postcards of a crisis: youth unemployment and working into old age

06-05-2025 12:20 According to data from Argentina's Human Capital Ministry, 19.4% of young people aged 18 to 24 are unemployed. Meanwhile, greater numbers of older adults are continuing to work into their later years, or looking for work, out of necessity.

by Agustina Bordigoni

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Latin America’s biggest economies see unemployment tick down

30-11-2023 13:42 Unemployment rates in Brazil and Mexico fell in October, as strong labour markets underpin the outperformance of Latin America’s largest economies.

News of joblessness

Informal employment rises to 42%, affecting 4 in 10 workers

Unemployment falls in reprieve for economy and Milei

Economic pick-up fails to filter through to job market

Unemployment rises despite economic recovery, data shows

Postcards of a crisis: youth unemployment and working into old age

Latin America’s biggest economies see unemployment tick down

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