COVID-19 Impacts on Employment in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot of 2020-2023

By WIEGO on November 17, 2023

This flyer examines data that reveal the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on employment in Mexico. It focuses on six worker groups: domestic workers, home-based workers, market traders, street vendors, informal construction workers and informal transport workers. Data in this snapshot are derived from The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Mexico, 2020-2023 by Tomás Ramírez and Joann Vanek. 2023. WIEGO Statistical Brief No. 37. For a comprehensive examination of the data, see The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Mexico, 2020-2023.

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Impactos de la COVID-19 en el empleo en México: un panorama estadístico de 2020 a 2023

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