The Argentinean Software Sector
Mismatches between Employment, Wages and Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24215/26183188e021Keywords:
Software and Information Services Sector,, employment, education, wages, informational work, public policies, unionsAbstract
In the last two decades, the Argentinean Software and Information Services sector (SIS) has experienced a remarkable growth. However, businessmen and scholars have repeatedly pointed out that the shortage of qualified human resources (ie. graduates in computer science related careers) constituted the main obstacle to further expansion of the sector. Continuing with previous works, here it is shown that the empirical evidence does not support this argument and that the data allow to conclude instead, in a quantitative way, that the SSI sector does not seem willing to compensate professionals economically for having the university degree, in a way to make its insertion in the sector attractive. In addition, elements are provided to understand why the growth of the sector is not associated with an increase in the number of graduates, but, on the contrary, occurs in a context of shortage of professionals with a university degree. Finally some general guidelines are proposed for the elaboration of a new legislation that promotes and regulates the activity of the sector.
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