Registered workers earning the minimum wage in Argentina can currently purchase only six out of every ten products that their salary would have allowed prior to Javier Milei’s assumption of office. This level of purchasing power is even inferior to the crisis of 2001, warns a new report from the University of Buenos Aires. It … Read more
Argentina’s unemployment rate increased to 7.8 percent in the first quarter of 2026, as reported. This marks a modest rise from 7.5 percent in the last quarter of the previous year, yet remains slightly lower than the 7.9 percent observed in the corresponding period of 2025. The figures, drawn from INDEC’s Permanent Household Survey (Encuesta … Read more
Workers in the Argentine gig economy have been increasing consistently over the past year as a result of a decrease in formal employment. According to estimates from the App-Based Workers Union (Sitrarepa, for its Spanish acronym), the workforce in this sector approaches 1 million individuals. Official data from the Superintendency of Occupational Risks, the government … Read more