The Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean: How Can Technology Facilitate Job Recovery after COVID-19? (Interactive version)
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Sep 2020
English
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Spanish
(12311 downloads)
Subject
Future of Work;
Science and Technology;
Labor;
Labor Market;
Training and Development;
Digital Technology;
Digital Platform;
Coronavirus;
Pandemic;
Telework;
Job Creation
JEL code
O30 - Innovation • Research and Development • Technological Change • Intellectual Property Rights: General;
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes;
J01 - Labor Economics: General;
J08 - Labor Economics Policies;
F66 - Labor;
J40 - Particular Labor Markets: General
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for three technologies that had had slow adoption rates until just a few months ago: teleworking, on-demand digital platforms, and online training. This is evidenced by the increase in downloads of mobile applications related to these activities. In this interactive note, the sixth in the series The Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean, we analyze the implications of these applications and highlight the main opportunities and challenges that countries in the region face to expand these forms of work and training, facilitating labor markets' reconstruction.
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