Labour and social policies in Latin America during the Covid-19 pandemic and its recovery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17824565 |
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| Authors | Roxana Maurizio (0000-0002-5114-6531, Instituto interdisciplinario de Economía Política. Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET), Luis Beccaria (0000-0003-1859-8576, National University of General Sarmiento) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-45 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista iberoamericana de estudios de desarrollo = Iberoamerican journal of development studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2254-2035 • E-ISSN: 2254-2035 |
| Publisher | Universidad de Zaragoza (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.11710 |
| OpenAlex | W7155518085 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines key labour market trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Uruguay, covering the period from its onset through 2022, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the policies implemented to mitigate its effects. It explores their influence on formal jobs, labour and household incomes, as well as institutional arrangements. By comparing pre-pandemic gaps in decent work and adequate income with the situation three years after the outbreak of the pandemic, this article assesses whether Latin American labour markets have moved closer to, or further away from, addressing persistent gaps in job quality, wage levels, and their distribution. Finally, it draws policy lessons from both the advances achieved and the challenges that remain in labour and income policies
Informal sector · Latin Americans · Pandemic · Social policy · Social protection · Wage · Wage labour · Work (physics) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · International Labor and Employment Law
| Highly cited | No |
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