TY - JOUR
T1 - The long downturn
T2 - The impact of the great lockdown on formal employment
AU - Hoehn-Velasco, Lauren
AU - Silverio-Murillo, Adan
AU - Balmori de la Miyar, Jose Roberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - In this paper, we use administrative data covering Mexico's formal labor market to investigate the employment effects of the Great Lockdown (GL). Our results show that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown caused Mexico's formal sector to contract by 5% by November of 2020. By August, men's jobs started to recover, while women's jobs remain stagnant. We then document heterogeneous effects by age, income, size of the firms, and economic sector activity. The most affected economic agents during the pandemic include the youngest workers (15–29- years-old), oldest workers (over 60 years old), low-income earners, small-sized firms (6−50 workers), medium-sized firms (51−250 workers), workers in the construction industry, and the hospitality-focused service sectors. Finally, we test different state-level factors that may explain heterogeneity within Mexico: state-level reopenings and lockdowns, infection risk, and stimulus payments. Our findings suggest more considerable employment losses in states that experienced successive lockdowns.
AB - In this paper, we use administrative data covering Mexico's formal labor market to investigate the employment effects of the Great Lockdown (GL). Our results show that the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown caused Mexico's formal sector to contract by 5% by November of 2020. By August, men's jobs started to recover, while women's jobs remain stagnant. We then document heterogeneous effects by age, income, size of the firms, and economic sector activity. The most affected economic agents during the pandemic include the youngest workers (15–29- years-old), oldest workers (over 60 years old), low-income earners, small-sized firms (6−50 workers), medium-sized firms (51−250 workers), workers in the construction industry, and the hospitality-focused service sectors. Finally, we test different state-level factors that may explain heterogeneity within Mexico: state-level reopenings and lockdowns, infection risk, and stimulus payments. Our findings suggest more considerable employment losses in states that experienced successive lockdowns.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Labor
KW - Latin America
KW - Mexico
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2021.105983
DO - 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2021.105983
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85099577081
SN - 0148-6195
VL - 115
JO - Journal of Economics and Business
JF - Journal of Economics and Business
M1 - 105983
ER -