A new social contract inclusive of informal workers

Abstract

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

“…The evidence presented in this paper also illustrates that policy support to the informal economy requires a differentiated approach to address the dynamics of different segments of the informal workforce. Two papers, one on universal social protection for informal workers (Alfers and Juergens-Grant 2023) and the other on a new social contract for informal workers (Chen et al 2022b), offer guidelines for a new policy approach that supports, rather than penalizes, informal workers and that recognizes and addresses the heterogeneity of the informal economy.…”