Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One

Brazil has been one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In June 2021, it was the country with the second-highest rate of deaths per million and the fourth by the number of cases per million in Latin America and th...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-375412022-06-28T05:10:36Z Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One World Bank EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON JOBS PANDEMIC LABOR MARKET UNEMPLOYMENT OLDER WORKERS COVID-19 LABOR MARKET GENDER EQUITY ELDERLY EQUITY ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT INFORMALIY Brazil has been one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In June 2021, it was the country with the second-highest rate of deaths per million and the fourth by the number of cases per million in Latin America and the Caribbean. The effects of the health crisis were broad and still evident a year and a half into the pandemic. In line with pre-existing vulnerability profiles, the pandemic affected the Brazilian population differently in the labor market. At the time of the survey, the proportion of people who lost their pre-pandemic job and were not working was 29.1 percent. This proportion was highest among the elderly (57.8 percent), those with primary education or less (42.7 percent), women (41.4 percent) and rural workers (38.7 percent). About 58 percent of those who lost their jobs became inactive, and most of the new inactive were women (68.9 percent). Simultaneously, 29.2 percent of the previously inactive entered the labor force during the pandemic, though one-quarter of them were unemployed in mid-2021. Women represented a majority among the new active (64.3 percent). Finally, the pandemic resulted in higher informality rates among those who remained employed. 2022-06-14T17:40:24Z 2022-06-14T17:40:24Z 2022-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099600206132234146/P1775270446b1b0a30a62106ecfd41f5cbb http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37541 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Report Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON JOBS
PANDEMIC LABOR MARKET
UNEMPLOYMENT
OLDER WORKERS
COVID-19 LABOR MARKET
GENDER EQUITY
ELDERLY EQUITY
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
INFORMALIY
spellingShingle EFFECT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON JOBS
PANDEMIC LABOR MARKET
UNEMPLOYMENT
OLDER WORKERS
COVID-19 LABOR MARKET
GENDER EQUITY
ELDERLY EQUITY
ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION
LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT
INFORMALIY
World Bank
Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
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description Brazil has been one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In June 2021, it was the country with the second-highest rate of deaths per million and the fourth by the number of cases per million in Latin America and the Caribbean. The effects of the health crisis were broad and still evident a year and a half into the pandemic. In line with pre-existing vulnerability profiles, the pandemic affected the Brazilian population differently in the labor market. At the time of the survey, the proportion of people who lost their pre-pandemic job and were not working was 29.1 percent. This proportion was highest among the elderly (57.8 percent), those with primary education or less (42.7 percent), women (41.4 percent) and rural workers (38.7 percent). About 58 percent of those who lost their jobs became inactive, and most of the new inactive were women (68.9 percent). Simultaneously, 29.2 percent of the previously inactive entered the labor force during the pandemic, though one-quarter of them were unemployed in mid-2021. Women represented a majority among the new active (64.3 percent). Finally, the pandemic resulted in higher informality rates among those who remained employed.
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title Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
title_short Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
title_full Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
title_fullStr Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
title_full_unstemmed Brazil – COVID-19 in Latin America and Caribbean : 2021 High Frequency Phone Surveys - Results Phase Two, Wave One
title_sort brazil – covid-19 in latin america and caribbean : 2021 high frequency phone surveys - results phase two, wave one
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