Labor market
Labor discrimination against women is a reason for concern. Evidence shows that the phenomenon is not explained by an undervaluing of women’s labor contribution, but by the atavistic tradition of assigning women central roles in domestic tasks. For this reason, gender equity will not be achieved only through new labor regulations. It is also necessary to promote a cultural change that distributes more equitably the roles within the household.
VER
In the context of economic stagnation, the negative social consequences of low institutional quality are evident, such as the barriers which discriminate against youth employment, especially women. While in developed countries social progress relies on high rates of youth and female employment, in Argentina the entry of young to the labour market is heavily conditioned by low education, costly and bureaucratic labor and tax regulations, and the absence strategies for promoting responsible sexual behavior.
VER
Between one-fourth and one-third of formal employees pay the income tax. But taking into consideration the workers in the informal segment of the labour market, who generally perceive low wages, the impact of the income tax is reduced to only 10% of the total workforce. In this context, by trying to downsize the incidence of the income tax without first reducing unproductive government expenditure -like the one which is being proposed by the opposition- is a regressive change in the tax system since it necessarily leads to an increase in the burden of other anti-poor taxes, such as the inflation tax, that relies heavily in the budget of the poor households.
VER
