Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
More than a year on from the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with massive vaccination campaigns underway, over a quarter of the adult population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who had a job before the pandemic were still...
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900007072289098/P1758390cd83e707b0845f0450936b8882b http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37682 |
| Summary: | More than a year on from the start of
the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with massive
vaccination campaigns underway, over a quarter of the adult
population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who had
a job before the pandemic were still not working. Of these,
over half left the labor force entirely. Women, young
people, older workers, and individuals with low educational
attainment levels have been disproportionately affected by
this crisis. In many cases, workers have become discouraged
or unable to return to work, exiting the labor market
altogether. The exit of workers from the labor market was
simultaneously accompanied by entry from inactivity into the
labor force at unprecedented levels during the pandemic,
suggesting that further examination at the country level is
required to understand the role of government transfers and
care work as determinants of people’s activity choices.
Still, as of mid-2021, inactivity rates remained higher than
before the pandemic in most countries. |
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