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In addition to those who lose their jobs, many give up looking for vacancies during the pandemic
In the first quarter of 2020, 1.1 million Brazilians left the workforce. This is the second highest number recorded in the statistics of the quarterly employment survey of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), Pnad Contínua, behind only the reduction of 1.2 million registered in the second quarter 2012 in relation to the previous three months.
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