Mortality from COVID-19 and the drop in employment rates in Brazil and around the world

The year 2020 was marked by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which resulted in an increase in the total number of deaths in most countries. All national economies were impacted in some way and almost all recorded reduced employment rates. There is no doubt that Brazil was strongly affected both i...

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Autor: Hecksher, Marcos Dantas
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15513
Acesso em linha:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15513
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:COVID-19
employment
labour Market
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Resumo:The year 2020 was marked by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which resulted in an increase in the total number of deaths in most countries. All national economies were impacted in some way and almost all recorded reduced employment rates. There is no doubt that Brazil was strongly affected both in terms of human lives and the deterioration of its labour market. The goal of this Policy Research Brief is to compare the losses across these two dimensions experienced in 2020 by various countries based on available data, and to rank the severity of losses in Brazil relative to the rest of the world.