Informality, Gender Employment Gap, and COVID-19 in Mexico: Identifying Persistence and Dynamic Structural Effects

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contents Informality, Gender Employment Gap, and COVID-19 in Mexico: Identifying Persistence and Dynamic Structural Effects Jorge O. Moreno Cecilia Y. Cuellar Economía y Finanzas 19 E24 E26 COVID Mexico The objective is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dynamics of the Mexican labor market (formal-informal employment) by gender. It is built consistent micro-founded time-series from 1987:Q1 to 2019:Q4 using the Mexican urban employment surveys and estimate a VAR model linking aggregate production and each market segment. Our results suggest significant adverse effects on formal employment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, with lengthy job recovery for females and males. The informal sector in both genders presents a lower forecasted response to the initial production shock but substantial observed employment losses, potentially linked to structural changes in the market. In the COVID-19 crisis, the informal sector is not a substitute for formal employment losses. The complexity of this crisis suggests crafting policies to improve the easiness of the market to enhance formal job recovery while promoting gender equality. Our main contribution is to estimate the diverse employment losses by segments and a critical structural change in the labor market dynamics resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on urban employment. 2021 artículo científico 1665-5346 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=423771255009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/423771255009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/movil 10.21919/remef.v16i3.636 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4237 Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas. Nueva Época / Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance application/pdf Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas A.C. Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas. Nueva Época / Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance (México) Num.3 Vol.16
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spellingShingle Informality, Gender Employment Gap, and COVID-19 in Mexico: Identifying Persistence and Dynamic Structural Effects
Jorge O. Moreno
Economía y Finanzas
19
E24
E26
COVID
Mexico
Informality, Gender Employment Gap, and COVID-19 in Mexico: Identifying Persistence and Dynamic Structural Effects Jorge O. Moreno Cecilia Y. Cuellar Economía y Finanzas 19 E24 E26 COVID Mexico The objective is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dynamics of the Mexican labor market (formal-informal employment) by gender. It is built consistent micro-founded time-series from 1987:Q1 to 2019:Q4 using the Mexican urban employment surveys and estimate a VAR model linking aggregate production and each market segment. Our results suggest significant adverse effects on formal employment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, with lengthy job recovery for females and males. The informal sector in both genders presents a lower forecasted response to the initial production shock but substantial observed employment losses, potentially linked to structural changes in the market. In the COVID-19 crisis, the informal sector is not a substitute for formal employment losses. The complexity of this crisis suggests crafting policies to improve the easiness of the market to enhance formal job recovery while promoting gender equality. Our main contribution is to estimate the diverse employment losses by segments and a critical structural change in the labor market dynamics resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on urban employment. 2021 artículo científico 1665-5346 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=423771255009 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/423771255009.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4237/423771255009/movil 10.21919/remef.v16i3.636 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4237 Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas. Nueva Época / Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance application/pdf Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas A.C. Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas. Nueva Época / Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance (México) Num.3 Vol.16
title Informality, Gender Employment Gap, and COVID-19 in Mexico: Identifying Persistence and Dynamic Structural Effects
topic Economía y Finanzas
19
E24
E26
COVID
Mexico
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