The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
High-frequency phone surveys conducted in 13 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) show that women were 44 percent more likely than men to lose their jobs at the onset of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As the crisis evolved, temp...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/675641612934705667/The-Gendered-Impacts-of-COVID-19-on-Labor-Markets-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35191 |
| Summary: | High-frequency phone surveys conducted
in 13 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
show that women were 44 percent more likely than men to lose
their jobs at the onset of Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). As the crisis evolved, temporarily unemployed
workers started to go back to work. But the difference in
job losses among women and men persisted. Also, highly
female-intensive sectors - trade, personal services,
education, and hospitality - explain 56 percent of all job
losses. And the presence of school-age children at home is
linked with a rise in job losses among women, but not among men. |
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