Of the eight conglomerates that top the ranking with percentages that have a floor of 43% informality, five are from the Norte Grande, according to an analysis by the Interdisciplinary Institute of Political Economy of the UBA.
A national report on the informal employment rate highlighted that the NOA has the highest rate in the entire national territory, with an average of 43.3%a value that far exceeds other regions, such as Cuyo (42.3%), the NEA (40.4%) and the Pampeana Region (37.3%). The study was carried out by the Interdisciplinary Institute of Political Economy (IIEP), of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the UBA, with support from CONICET, based on data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC).
The analysis, based on the study “Panorama of informal wage employment and working poverty”, indicates that In the group of eight conglomerates that top the ranking with percentages that have a floor of 43%, five are from Norte Grande: Gran Salta (46.5%), Posadas (45.9%), Jujuy-Palpalá (45.1%), Santiago del Estero-La Banda (43.6%) and Gran Tucumán-Tafí Viejo (43.6 %). The Gran San Juan conglomerate leads with 48%, in the middle is Concordia (44.8%) and eighth place is occupied by Gran Córdoba (43.3%).
Of all the regions of the country, it was specified that Greater Buenos Aires (which includes the City of Buenos Aires and the districts of the Province of Buenos Aires) and the Patagonian Region registered lower informality rates than the average (close to 17%), while the NOA, Cuyo and Northeast regions are the ones that exhibit the highest incidence of this scenario, with rates higher than 40%. These data are consistent with what the INDEC reported in December about labor activity. At a geographic level, the regions that presented the highest activity rates were Greater Buenos Aires (49.3%), Pampeana (49.0%) and Cuyo (47.2%); while the one with the lowest activity rate was Northeast (44.2%).
“A structural challenge for the country”
In general terms, the report detailed, the informality rate among employees nationwide was 36.7% during the third quarter of 2024, according to the Permanent Household Survey (EPH-INDEC). This means that almost four out of every 10 workers in a dependency relationship are not registered in the social security system, leaving them outside the protection framework offered by labor institutions. “The high incidence of labor informality represents a structural challenge for the country, since it not only implies the lack of access to basic labor rights, such as retirement contributions and social work, but also limits the opportunities for economic and social development for a important part of the active population,” highlighted the IIEP study, which is coordinated by researchers Roxana Maurizio and Luis Beccaria.
The most affected
The study also focused on the ages most affected by labor informality and found that Young people between 16 and 24 years old are those who experience a “significantly higher” rate of informality than other age groups, of almost 64%. That is, 28 percentage points higher than the global rate, which indicates that six out of every 10 young workers in a dependency relationship are not covered by labor regulations and social security. In the same direction, the researchers added that a ‘U’ behavior is observed in the incidence of informality, depending on age. This is, The second group with the highest rate is 65 years and older (60 years in women), with 47.9%. “The greatest informality occurs both at the beginning of working life and in its final stage,” it was stated.
Regarding the educational level, it was concluded that the higher the educational level achieved, the lower the incidence of informality. Thus, the rate among employees with a complete university education level, in the second quarter of 2024, was 15%; Just over 20 additional percentage points (35.8%) was the rate among wage earners with an intermediate educational level (complete high school or incomplete university), to reach 56.4% among wage earners who did not complete secondary education. “In terms of composition, 45% of total informality among wage earners is explained by intermediate education workers,” it was explained.
The worst
In relation to labor informality by sector, the report placed the public sector and financial services with the lowest rates (9.1% and 24.1%, respectively), and the domestic service (76.3%) and construction (67.3%) with the highest rates.
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