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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Labor Supply Impact by Gender

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  • Viollaz, Mariana

    (CEDLAS-UNLP)

  • Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio

    (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio))

  • Flabbi, Luca

    (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

  • Bustelo, Monserrat

    (Inter-American Development Bank)

  • Bosch, Mariano

    (Inter-American Development Bank)

Abstract

We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows over four quarters for a set of balanced panel samples of comparable workers before and after the pandemic. We find that the pandemic has negatively affected the labor market status of both men and women, but that the effect is significantly stronger for women, magnifying the already large gender gaps that characterize LAC countries. The main channel through which this stronger impact is taking place is the increase in child care work affecting women with school-age children.

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  • Viollaz, Mariana & Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio & Flabbi, Luca & Bustelo, Monserrat & Bosch, Mariano, 2022. "The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Labor Supply Impact by Gender," IZA Discussion Papers 15091, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    labor supply; labor market transitions; COVID-19; gender differentials; Latin American and Caribbean countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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