Promoting Registration for Domestic Workers in Post-pandemic Argentina

A Review of Registradas, 2021-2023

Abstract

This article evaluates the scope and limitations of efforts to include domestic workers in the social security and protection system in Argentina, focusing on the policies targeting the sector since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly Registradas, a program that subsidies the employment of domestic workers by middle-income employers. It shows that, while the politics implemented have improved social security coverage and labor conditions somewhat, three out of four workers continue to lack social protection, albeit to different degrees.