Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries

This Jobs Watch brief provides an analysis of labor market and social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on policies targeted to workers and firms. It includes a comprehensive set of labor market interventions, using data fro...

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Main Authors: De La Flor, Luciana, Mujica, Ingrid, Fontenez, Maria Belen, Newhouse, David, Rodriguez Alas, Claudia, Sabharwal, Gayatri, Weber, Michael
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/852721616561204815/Taking-Stock-of-COVID-19-Labor-Policy-Responses-in-Developing-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-353312021-06-14T09:53:58Z Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries De La Flor, Luciana Mujica, Ingrid Fontenez, Maria Belen Newhouse, David Rodriguez Alas, Claudia Sabharwal, Gayatri Weber, Michael CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PANDEMIC RESPONSE LABOR POLICY LAYOFFS CASH TRANSFERS SELF-EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL WAGE WORKERS LABOR MARKET This Jobs Watch brief provides an analysis of labor market and social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on policies targeted to workers and firms. It includes a comprehensive set of labor market interventions, using data from the global COVID-19 SPJ Policy Inventory. The analysis can inform governments of approaches that can be taken when introducing or adapting their crisis mitigation measures. To our knowledge, this is the first summary of labor market policies adopted by developing countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis. 2021-03-29T16:33:53Z 2021-03-29T16:33:53Z 2021-03-23 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/852721616561204815/Taking-Stock-of-COVID-19-Labor-Policy-Responses-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35331 English Jobs Watch COVID-19; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
LABOR POLICY
LAYOFFS
CASH TRANSFERS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL WAGE WORKERS
LABOR MARKET
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
LABOR POLICY
LAYOFFS
CASH TRANSFERS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL WAGE WORKERS
LABOR MARKET
De La Flor, Luciana
Mujica, Ingrid
Fontenez, Maria Belen
Newhouse, David
Rodriguez Alas, Claudia
Sabharwal, Gayatri
Weber, Michael
Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
relation Jobs Watch COVID-19;
description This Jobs Watch brief provides an analysis of labor market and social protection responses to the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on policies targeted to workers and firms. It includes a comprehensive set of labor market interventions, using data from the global COVID-19 SPJ Policy Inventory. The analysis can inform governments of approaches that can be taken when introducing or adapting their crisis mitigation measures. To our knowledge, this is the first summary of labor market policies adopted by developing countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
format Brief
author De La Flor, Luciana
Mujica, Ingrid
Fontenez, Maria Belen
Newhouse, David
Rodriguez Alas, Claudia
Sabharwal, Gayatri
Weber, Michael
author_facet De La Flor, Luciana
Mujica, Ingrid
Fontenez, Maria Belen
Newhouse, David
Rodriguez Alas, Claudia
Sabharwal, Gayatri
Weber, Michael
author_sort De La Flor, Luciana
title Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
title_short Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
title_full Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
title_fullStr Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed Taking Stock of COVID-19 Labor Policy Responses in Developing Countries
title_sort taking stock of covid-19 labor policy responses in developing countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/852721616561204815/Taking-Stock-of-COVID-19-Labor-Policy-Responses-in-Developing-Countries
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