Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

Latin American governments swiftly implemented income assistance programs to sustain families’ livelihoods during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. This paper analyzes the potential coverage and generosity of these measures and assesses the suitability of current safety nets to deal with unexpected nega...

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Autores principales:	Matias Busso, Juanita Camacho, Julián Messina, Guadalupe Montenegro
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6e84c82bfbc947fab0a50df12b615db92021-11-11T07:14:38ZSocial protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/6e84c82bfbc947fab0a50df12b615db92021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8568185/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Latin American governments swiftly implemented income assistance programs to sustain families’ livelihoods during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. This paper analyzes the potential coverage and generosity of these measures and assesses the suitability of current safety nets to deal with unexpected negative income shocks in 10 Latin American countries. The expansion of pre-existing programs (most notably conditional cash transfers and non-contributory pensions) during the COVID-19 crisis was generally insufficient to compensate for the inability to work among the poorest segments of the population. When COVID-19 ad hoc programs are analyzed, the coverage and replacement rates of regular labor income among households in the first quintile of the country’s labor income distribution increase substantially. Yet, these programs present substantial coverage challenges among families composed of fundamentally informal workers who are non-poor, but are at a high risk of poverty. These results highlight the limitations of the fragmented nature of social protection systems in the region.Matias BussoJuanita CamachoJulián MessinaGuadalupe MontenegroPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Matias Busso Juanita Camacho Julián Messina Guadalupe Montenegro Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
description	Latin American governments swiftly implemented income assistance programs to sustain families’ livelihoods during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. This paper analyzes the potential coverage and generosity of these measures and assesses the suitability of current safety nets to deal with unexpected negative income shocks in 10 Latin American countries. The expansion of pre-existing programs (most notably conditional cash transfers and non-contributory pensions) during the COVID-19 crisis was generally insufficient to compensate for the inability to work among the poorest segments of the population. When COVID-19 ad hoc programs are analyzed, the coverage and replacement rates of regular labor income among households in the first quintile of the country’s labor income distribution increase substantially. Yet, these programs present substantial coverage challenges among families composed of fundamentally informal workers who are non-poor, but are at a high risk of poverty. These results highlight the limitations of the fragmented nature of social protection systems in the region.
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title	Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short	Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
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title_fullStr	Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Social protection and informality in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

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