Classes and Labor Precariousness in Greater San Juan (2016–2022).

This paper addresses the formation and changes in the class structure of Greater San Juan, Argentina, within the context of labor market heterogeneity, the persistence of job insecurity, and the impact of the 2018 and 2020 economic crises. Using microdata from the Permanent Household Survey (EPH-INDEC), we analyze class configuration through the Occupational Classification Based on Structural Heterogeneity (COBHE). The study proposes an analysis based on a Multidimensional Precarity Index (MPI), considering individual sociodemographic factors through descriptive and inferential statistical techniques.

We begin with the assumption that labor insecurity persists and deepens during the period studied, affecting workers in micro-enterprises, youth, and women more intensely. The findings show a differential impact of precarity on the configuration of classes, both between and within them, concluding that inequality has been exacerbated in this context.