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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment: Findings from national labour surveys in five Latin American countries

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  • Martha Alter Chen
  • Joann Vanek

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This paper provides a comparative summary of recent national statistics from five Latin American countries on employment losses and gains during the peak COVID-19 years compared with pre-pandemic levels. As part of its work on the impact of the pandemic on informal workers, the Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) network commissioned analyses of recent national labour force data in Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru; and undertook a separate analysis of South African data on employment losses and gains during COVID-19 (see WIDER WP 2022/40 ).

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  • Martha Alter Chen & Joann Vanek, 2023. "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment: Findings from national labour surveys in five Latin American countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-94, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Michael Rogan & Caroline Skinner, 2022. "The COVID-19 crisis and the South African informal economy: A stalled recovery," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-40, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Informal work; Employment; COVID-19; formal sector; Informal sector; Informal economy;
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