Aging, employment, and poverty in Argentina

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to review and discuss data dealing with the issue of older adults’ employment in Argentina, within a context where aging in populations is rapidly and unevenly growing between provinces and regions of the country. Indirectly, this leads us to addres several supplementary issues, including gender and poverty conditions of elders. The analysis is based on information from household surveys and population censuses, which are available on the website of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC,foritsacronyminSpanish). Also, the article is based on documents describing public policies on seniors’ employment implemented in the country during the past years.