Argentina faces rising labor informality and growing public demand for government change

The Observatory of Social Debt at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) released a report analyzing urban labour markets from 2010‑2025. It warns that, despite low open‑unemployment rates, the market is becoming increasingly precarious, with a 4.5‑point rise in workers outside collective bargaining agreements and a shift toward low‑productivity, informal self‑employment as the main fallback. The study questions the effectiveness of recent labour‑market reforms, noting that growth in sectors such as natural resources, finance and services has not translated into quality jobs.

A separate study by the Applied Psychology Observatory of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) surveyed 2,184 respondents in June and found that 64% now prefer a change of government in the 2027 presidential election. The poll recorded worsening views of the current administration, with 60.6% judging the economy negatively and 64.4% assessing the political situation as negative. When asked which recent administration offered the best quality of life, 49.2% chose the previous Fernández‑Kirchner government, compared with 31.1% for the current government of President Javier Milei.