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Labor issues and COVID‐19

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has prompted Canada and several other countries to impose an economic shutdown to prevent a deadly public health crisis from becoming much deadlier. In the agriculture and food sector, several hundred thousand restaurant workers have lost their jobs. The rise in unemployment, the closing of restaurants and schools, and social distancing have triggered demand reductions for certain commodities and foods and demand increases for others, bringing along changes in demand for inputs including labor. Canadian employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) are facing delays and additional constraints in recruiting, but so have US and European employers of TFWs. Rising food security concerns are making protectionist trade policies popular. Domestic and foreign firms may export less and do more foreign direct investment, inducing trade in jobs. Pour atténuer les conséquences de la pandémie sur la santé publique, le Canada et plusieurs autres pays ont adopté des mesures économiques draconiennes. Dans le secteur agroalimentaire, plusieurs centaines de milliers de travailleurs de restaurants ont perdu leur emploi. L'augmentation du chômage, la fermeture des restaurants et des écoles et la distanciation sociale ont engendré des baisses de demande pour certains produits de commodité et des produits transformés et des augmentations pour d'autres. Ces changements ont eu à leur tour des répercussions sur la demande d'intrants, incluant le travail. Les employeurs canadiens de travailleurs étrangers temporaires sont confrontés à des délais et des contraintes additionnelles dans leur recrutement, mais les employeurs américains et européens sont aussi confrontés à ce genre de problèmes. La sécurité alimentaire est une préoccupation grandissante qui alimente un courant de protectionniste. Les firmes canadiennes et étrangères pourraient faire moins d'exportation et davantage d'investissement direct étranger et ainsi échanger des emplois.

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  • Bruno Larue, 2020. "Labor issues and COVID‐19," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 68(2), pages 231-237, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:canjag:v:68:y:2020:i:2:p:231-237
    DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12233
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