According to the INational Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), as of the first quarter of this year (January-February-March) more than 5 million 124.4 citizens have a job, which represents an increase of 6.1% compared to 2019 and 4.1% compared to 2022 in Metropolitan Lima.
However, underemployment has not yet reduced to pre-pandemic levels. In total, 2 million 119,300 people work precariously, 19.5% more than in said period. In the case of those who receive a salary below the minimum, the increase has been 44.5% compared to 2019. This means that more than a million people from Lima are still in this situation. (See chart).
For their part, those affected by insufficient working hours, presented a decrease of 26.1% compared to 2019, but the figure continues to be high and there are still around 463,500.
In addition, there are approximately 414,500 unemployed people, which represents a decrease of 3.4% compared to 2019, when it amounted to 429,000. It is so, of every 100 people in the economically active population, 93 are looking for work.
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In detail, in the first quarter of this year, underemployed citizens by income were 1 million 655,800 people. Compared to 2019, there was an increase of 44.5% (see graph). It should be noted that, compared to 2019, women with inadequate income increased by 74.3% and men by 28.6%.
In the case of the male population, there was an increase of 11,600 people (1.7%) in this type of hiring, while for women there was a drop of 2.0% in relation to last year. It should be noted that, Compared to 2019, women with inadequate income increased by 74.3% and men by 28.6%.
Source: Larepublica
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