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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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2022
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spelling okr-10986-376822022-07-12T05:10:53Z Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean World Bank COVID-19 LABOUR MARKETS EXTENDED EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GAPS RURAL AREAS HOURS 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. 2022-07-11T20:06:40Z 2022-07-11T20:06:40Z 2022-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099900007072289098/P1758390cd83e707b0845f0450936b8882b http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37682 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America
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LABOUR MARKETS
EXTENDED EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT GAPS
RURAL AREAS
HOURS
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EXTENDED EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT GAPS
RURAL AREAS
HOURS
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Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
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description 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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title Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Long COVID : The Extended Effects of the Pandemic on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort long covid : the extended effects of the pandemic on labor markets in latin america and the caribbean
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
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