Open AccessStructural informality and occupational classes in a peripheral context: precariousness and in-work poverty in Argentina 2003 – 2020.
Author(s) -
Jésica Lorena,
Santiago Poy,
Agustín Salvia
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista de economía mundial/revista de economía mundial
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2340-4264
pISSN - 1576-0162
DOI - 10.33776/rem.vi60.5619
Subject(s) - poverty , phenomenon , inequality , job insecurity , context (archaeology) , welfare , demographic economics , perspective (graphical) , population , sociology , work (physics) , geography , political science , economic growth , economics , demography , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law , engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science
The aim of this article is to relate the tradition of studies on socio-occupational classes with the perspective of structural informality. Taking Argentina as a case study, it examines the way in which occupational class inequality and job quality condition the level of welfare of the employed population. The study follows a quantitative methodology based on Argentina's Permanent Household Survey. Regression models show a persistent effect over time of social class and job quality on the probability of experiencing poverty and an interaction between both variables, suggesting that job insecurity is a transversal phenomenon across occupational classes.