The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) detailed that, during 2022, 8 million 561,900 Peruvians are subject to underemployment, either for working less than 35 hours a week or for receiving less than the average. By sex, underemployment covers 55.7% of women, especially in urban areas (70.3%). And by age range, one in five […]
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ILO: 4.5 million jobs lost due to the pandemic need to be recovered in Latin America
The COVID-19 pandemic caused up to 49 million jobs to be lost in Latin America, and according to the International Labor Organization (ILO)Until the third quarter of 2021, 4.5 million jobs remain to be recovered. Of this figure, 4.2 million correspond to jobs performed by women. It is important to point out that the gender […]
Some 50,000 youth jobs have yet to recover
At the end of 2020, the rate of youth unemployment in Peru it was 13.1%, increasing 5 percentage points over the previous year, with the population aged 15 to 29 being the most affected during the first year of the pandemic, according to the sociologist and labor researcher Alejandra Dinegro. However, as the economy has […]