Working, but poor: Increasing female labour participation and low income in urban Argentina

Keywords: working poor, labour segmentation, female labour force participation, low income, gender inequality

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The article aims to examine the phenomenon of low-paid workers and its link with the processes of labour market segmentation and gender inequalities in urban Argentina, from a structuralist perspective.

This paper relies on microdata from the Encuesta de la Deuda Social Argentina for the period 2017-2022. A descriptive analysis was carried out on the performance of the employment rate and the levels of incidence of low-income work for the period analysed. In addition, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the determinants of low-income employment. We conclude that women are more likely to be low-income earners than men, and that, in the context of a segmented labour market, this relationship is specified by looking at the type of occupational insertion of workers.

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2025-06-30
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Poy S. y Dichiera E. (2025). Working, but poor: Increasing female labour participation and low income in urban Argentina. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales, 43(1), 149-165. https://doi.org/10.5209/crla.93148