Managing the Employment Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis

Carranza, Eliana; Farole, Thomas; Gentilini, Ugo; Morgandi, Matteo; Packard, Truman G.; Santos, Indhira; Weber, Michael

doi:10.1596/34263

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“…Early in the pandemic (April 2020) key sectors particularly affected by severe declines in economic output include retail trade, accommodation and food services, and manufacturing (ILO, 2020). Women are particularly affected by both the supply and demand side shocks of the crisis given their disproportionate responsibilities for caring for children and the ill; and given the vulnerability of the sectors in which they predominate that have experienced larger initial job losses (Carranza et al, 2020). Many predominantly female and public-facing sectors were also affected early on -fashion, retail, hospitality, travelling, leisure.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These sectors have a high proportion of informal workers (see below) and workers in the gig economy (a labour market characterised by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work). While the economic impacts of the pandemic are felt across the board, continuing operations is particularly challenging for micro, small and medium enterprises, as these have fewer effective instruments at their disposal to manage shocks (Carranza et al, 2020). For similar reasons, non-wage workers and wage workers on temporary contracts or in the informal sector, are also disproportionally affected.…”

Section: Sectoral Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Impacts on the economy, while widespread, can be gender-differentiated. Women are particularly affected by both the supply and demand side shocks of the crisis given their disproportionate responsibilities for caring for children and the ill; and given the vulnerability of the sectors in which they predominate that have experienced larger initial job losses (Carranza et al, 2020). Women form a majority of health workers in nearly all G20 countries 1 ; and in many predominantly female and public-facing sectors that have been affected early on -fashion, retail, hospitality, travelling, leisure for example (Carranza et al, 2020: 5).…”

Section: Impacts For Women and Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In terms of responding to the pandemic the literature distinguishes between measures designed to protect workers and households from the immediate income shock and support firms to retain workers and stay afloat in the relief phase. And the recovery phase when economies start to reopen and firms have an opportunity to adapt to a new normal, becoming more resilient (Carranza et al, 2020).…”

Section: Opportunities For Restructuring Labour Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Covid-19 Impact on Employment and Skills for the Labour Market

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2021

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This literature review draws from academic and grey literature, published largely as institutional reports and blogs. Most information found considered global impacts on employment and the labour market with the particular impact for the very high numbers of youth, women, migrant workers, and people with disabilities who are more likely to be employed in the informal sector. There has been a high negative impact on the informal sector and for precariously employed groups. The informal labour market is largest in low and middle-income countries and engages 2 billion workers (62 percent) of the global workforce (currently around 3.3 billion). Particularly in low- and middle-income countries, hard-hit sectors have a high proportion of workers in informal employment and workers with limited access to health services and social protection. Economic contractions are particularly challenging for micro, small, and medium enterprises to weather. Reduced working hours and staff reductions both increase worker poverty and hardship. Women, migrant workers, and youth form a major part of the workforce in the informal economy since they are more likely to work in these vulnerable, low-paying informal jobs where there are few protections, and they are not reached by government support measures. Young people have been affected in two ways as many have had their education interrupted; those in work these early years of employment (with its continued important learning on the job) have been interrupted or in some cases ended.

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Section: Impacts For Women and Youthmentioning

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Covid-19 Impact on Employment and Skills for the Labour Market

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2021

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“…Além das indústrias terem diminuído drasticamente o ritmo de produção, do aumento da volatilidade da bolsa, dos comércios terem fechado, do aumento do desemprego e do consumo ter baixado em aproximadamente 35% no mundo, foi estimado que o impacto de um mês de quarentena sobre a economia resultaria em uma queda de 3% no PIB (Insee, 2020). Tal situação é inédita e desestabilizante, tendo em vista que a sociedade está organizada em torno do objetivo de crescimento desde o final da Segunda Guerra mundial, isto é, há mais de 75 anos (Murshed, 2020 ao decrescimento do consumo e da produtividade, trazem oportunidades para reestruturar diversos setores, por exemplo, encorajando o teletrabalho (Carranza et al, 2020). Evidentemente, tais medidas tomadas ao longo da crise atual, afetam diretamente todos os cidadãos a nível sociocultural (Giallonardo et al, 2020).…”

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Cenário de Pós-desenvolvimento: como se adaptar às crises decorrentes da Covid-19?

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O contexto de pandemia de Covid-19 resulta em uma crise multidimensional – sanitária, econômica, política, social e ecológica – ressaltando a necessidade de observar a capacidade de adaptação do modelo vigente e as oportunidades de transição para um pós-desenvolvimento. Logo, propõe-se despertar uma reflexão sobre alternativas de pós-desenvolvimento frente ao contexto de pandemia. Aborda-se as crises ligadas à Covid-19 e três modelos – capitalismo, desenvolvimento sustentável e decrescimento – para embasar a análise dos cenários de pós-desenvolvimento. Observou-se que o capitalismo, sistema baseado no ideal de crescimento, é seriamente vulnerável à recessão engendrada pela crise multidimensional. No tocante do desenvolvimento sustentável notou-se um paradoxo entre a restrição de recursos naturais e o aumento do crescimento econômico. Conclui-se que, face aos imperativos ecológicos e à deficiência do sistema atual para suprir necessidades básicas coletivas, o modelo de decrescimento propõe ser, comparativamente, uma alternativa de pós-desenvolvimento resiliente às crises social, sanitária, econômica e ecológica.

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