The Challenge of Protecting Informal Households during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America

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The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

“…Second, since we focus on the impact of social distancing on labour income inequality, we do not take into consideration the series of emergency social assistance programs that have been put in place in various LAC countries. The coverage of the proposed emergency measures varies across countries but overall, it is fairly high among the poorest households (Busso et al 2020). These measures are likely to attenuate some of the distributive effects of the lockdown policies.…”

Informality in the time of COVID-19 in Latin America: Implications and policy options

“…Different studies have documented the various interventions in different countries in the region to mitigate possible increases in informality [ 13 , 54 , 62 ]. They show that, in particular, policies in the same spirit as those considered in Scenarios 2 and 3 have been implemented in some Latin American countries during the pandemic.…”

“…They show that, in particular, policies in the same spirit as those considered in Scenarios 2 and 3 have been implemented in some Latin American countries during the pandemic. In terms of the short-term interventions, at least 10 countries in the Latin American region enacted social security weavers, or made labor regulations adjustments as a response measure during the pandemic [ 6 , 13 , 52 ]. The S10 Table contains the parameters used in the simulations.…”

“…The paper looks at the possible evolution of informality in the years ahead and identifies the potential effect of different policies to limit its expansion. Although the COVID-19 crisis has already been the subject of several studies focused on different dimensions of social welfare in Latin America [ 1 , 2 , 9 – 12 ], the consequences on labor informality have been studied to a lesser extent [ 13 – 15 ]. For the analysis, formal employment refers to workers with access to social security, while informal employment refers to workers who do not contribute to social security.…”

Aproximaciones a un nuevo perfil feminicida: una mirada a los cambios y las transiciones

“…Las realidades familiares también están situadas en distintos contextos nacionales con diversos niveles de apoyo socioeconómico para la población, lo que influye en el cómo se vivencia la experiencia de la pandemia (Busso et al 2020, CEPAL 2020. La presión económica, el miedo de sobrevivencia, el hambre, los sentimientos de insuficiencia o inutilidad, se acentúan y radicalizan con el encierro pandémico, pero el manejo de las emociones y preocupaciones varía individual y genéricamente.…”