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La Protección Social Durante La Pandemia: Los Casos de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México

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  • Merike Blofield
  • Nora Lustig

    (Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Economics, Tulane University, Commitment to Equity Institute (CEQ).)

  • Mart Trasberg

Abstract

En este trabajo analizamos las respuestas de protección social y en qué medida estas medidas han mitigado potencialmente el impacto del COVID-19 sobre la desigualdad y la pobreza en los cuatro países más grandes de la región: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México. Hay diversidad en el tipo de respuestas y también en términos de velocidad, amplitud y tamaño. Los cuatro países pusieron en marcha medidas para proteger el sustento de los trabajadores formales, que incluían la prohibición de despidos, reducciones de salarios y horas de trabajo y permisos. Argentina, Brasil y Colombia lanzaron programas para subsidiar el empleo en el sector formal en empresas que se vieron fuertemente afectadas por la crisis, y México otorgó préstamos a pequeñas y medianas empresas. Los cuatro gobiernos mantuvieron intactos sus programas existentes de transferencias monetarias no contributivas contra la pobreza, y Argentina, Brasil y Colombia lanzaron nuevos programas de transferencias de emergencia, mientras que México no lo hizo. La expansión de los programas de asistencia social existentes o los nuevos creados han potencialmente podido mitigar el impacto sobre la desigualdad y la pobreza causada por la crisis en Argentina y Brasil y, en menor medida, en Colombia.

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  • Merike Blofield & Nora Lustig & Mart Trasberg, 2021. "La Protección Social Durante La Pandemia: Los Casos de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 104, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:tul:ceqwps:104s
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    Keywords

    Covid-19; social protection; poverty; inequality; health; education; Latin America;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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