Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?

Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly driven by a slow recovery of sectors that...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2022
Subjects:
WOMEN
LABOUR MARKET
COVID-19
GENDER GAPS
TRANSITION
MENTAL HEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099355107072225031/P17583902df7680140be5c0c87e2aab7396
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37685
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spelling okr-10986-376852022-08-25T05:10:43Z Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind? World Bank WOMEN LABOUR MARKET COVID-19 GENDER GAPS TRANSITION MENTAL HEALTH In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly driven by a slow recovery of sectors that predominantly employ women. Many new jobs created during the pandemic are informal. Among the new entrants into the labor force, women were more likely than men to land in informality. Policy priorities include gender neutral reforms to the organization of the labor market, plus social safety nets and policies that aim to address gender gaps. The latter include affordable and quality childcare, gender sensitive social assistance, improvements in women’s access to finance, and efforts to address persistent norms driving unequal gender roles. 2022-07-11T20:56:06Z 2022-07-11T20:56:06Z 2022-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099355107072225031/P17583902df7680140be5c0c87e2aab7396 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37685 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Latin America & Caribbean Latin America
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topic WOMEN
LABOUR MARKET
COVID-19
GENDER GAPS
TRANSITION
MENTAL HEALTH
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LABOUR MARKET
COVID-19
GENDER GAPS
TRANSITION
MENTAL HEALTH
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Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
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description In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the effects of the pandemic on labor market outcomes continue to be pronounced, especially for women. Continued pronounced impacts on women’s employment are partly driven by a slow recovery of sectors that predominantly employ women. Many new jobs created during the pandemic are informal. Among the new entrants into the labor force, women were more likely than men to land in informality. Policy priorities include gender neutral reforms to the organization of the labor market, plus social safety nets and policies that aim to address gender gaps. The latter include affordable and quality childcare, gender sensitive social assistance, improvements in women’s access to finance, and efforts to address persistent norms driving unequal gender roles.
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author World Bank
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title Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
title_short Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
title_full Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
title_fullStr Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
title_full_unstemmed Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean : Are Women Being Left Behind?
title_sort uneven recovery in latin america and the caribbean : are women being left behind?
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2022
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099355107072225031/P17583902df7680140be5c0c87e2aab7396
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