Circulation and Reception of the Category Economically Active Population in Argentina (1940-1955): Contexts, International Links and Positioning

This article investigates the construction and circulation of standardized categories used to quantify the labor force in the twentieth century, based on the case of the Economically Active Population indicator.This metric was part of a global movement toward the homogeneous production of figures, the construction of new disciplinary knowledge and the formation of contact networks.For Argentina, we reconstruct its early uses by Jos Francisco Figuerola, Juan Carlos Elizaga and Gino Germani, connection they had to international spheres and their positioning with respect to the term.