TY  - GEN
AU  - Ahumada, Hildegart
AU  - Cavallo, Eduardo A.
AU  - Espina-Mairal, Santos
AU  - Navajas, Fernando
TI  - Research Insights: Can Better Infrastructure Offset the Negative Impacts That COVID-19 Has Had on Productivity in Different Economic Sectors?
PY  - 2021
Y1  - 2021/09/29
DO  - 10.18235/0003682
AB  - The effects of COVID-19 have been stronger in service-related subsectors, where supply and/or demand were constrained by lockdowns and social distancing measures. The losses in these subsectors have had direct impacts-through their weight in countries GDP-and indirect impacts through their effect on other sectors. In Latin America, effects on the three most affected sectors-wholesale, retail, and hospitality services; construction; and manufacturing-add up to a 4.9 percent hit to economy-wide labor productivity through direct and indirect channels. Large productivity improvements in infrastructure may be needed to fully compensate for the negative productivity losses traceable to COVID-19.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0003682
ER  -