Jobs Interrupted

• Tác giả: Carolina Mejia-Mantilla
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 223.1 *Job
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 292880
• Chủ đề: 1. CORONAVIRUS; 2. COVID-19; 3. JOB LOSS; 4. LABOR MARKET; 5. PANDEMIC IMPACT

Tóm tắt

Given the importance of labor income in the region, there are several important questions about the effects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the labor market. At the outset of the pandemic, 48 percent of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) workers stopped working and 16 percent lost their job. Yet, were job losses similar for all workers? Has the COVID-19 shock exacerbated unfavorable labor market conditions for vulnerable groups over time? What happened to those workers who remained employed throughout the early months of the pandemic? And, what lessons can be drawn from the experience? This note sheds light on these inquiries using household data from the LAC high-frequency phone surveys (HFPS) which were collected between May and August of 2020 from 13 countries in the region.