abstract: 'The COVID-19 pandemic is a global public health problem that has given

  new dynamics to the world economy. The rapid spread of the disease and

  the use of social distancing as a form of prevention exposed the social

  and urban inequalities of capitalist cities. In Brazil, as in other

  countries, social distancing has promoted rapid changes in the labor

  market with more severe impacts for 37.3 million people living in the

  informal sector, as they do not have rights to, for example, the

  severance pay indemnity fund (FGTS) and unemployment benefit. According

  to the International Labour Organization, the first layoffs are

  occurring among those who live off precarious work, such as: outsourced

  workers, clerks, waiters, kitchen workers, day laborers, baggage

  handlers, and cleaners. We show a brief synthesis of the consequences

  that the health crisis has brought to Brazilian workers and propose

  coping measures that are not limited to emergency aid. The recovery and

  creation of occupations will depend, among other factors, on the

  resumption of spending on social and economic programs that were able to

  reduce social inequalities at the beginning of this century, such as

  PAC-favelas; Minha Casa, Minha Vida Program; Bolsa Familia Program and

  the FAT Employment and Income Generation Program. These programs can and

  must be expanded to bring the economy back to growth in the long run.'
affiliation: 'Costa, SD (Corresponding Author), Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Dept
  Architecture \& Urbanism, Natal, RN, Brazil.

  Costa, Simone da Silva, Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Dept Architecture \& Urbanism,
  Natal, RN, Brazil.'
author: Costa, Simone da Silva
author-email: simoneufrnap37@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Costa
  given: Simone da Silva
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1590/0034-761220200170x
eissn: 1982-3134
files: []
issn: 0034-7612
journal: REVISTA DE ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA
keywords: COVID-19; economic crisis; informal work; unemployment; public policy
language: English
month: JUL-AUG
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '18'
orcid-numbers: Costa, Simone/0000-0001-7347-7617
pages: 969-978
papis_id: 5037293ae54624d955e1f133132cd03e
ref: Costa2020pandemiclabor
researcherid-numbers: '/AAV-9713-2021

  '
times-cited: '33'
title: The pandemic and the labor market in Brazil
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000565842100023
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '22'
volume: '54'
web-of-science-categories: Public Administration
year: '2020'