THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE PNAD-C

Authors

  • Ellitamara Alves de Oliveira Melo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • VARELA, T. C Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
  • Macedo, L. D. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte / Profesora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21680/2316-5235.2025v14n1ID42016

Abstract

With a focus on Rio Grande do Norte, this work aims to evaluate the impacts of Covid-19 on the evolution of the workforce, population distribution, gender disparities and racial differences, based on the National Household Sample Survey Continuous (PNADC). This is an exploratory research, which uses PNAD-C microdata through the comparative statistical method, covering the periods 2019.4 and 2020.4. For this purpose, the R software was used. By carrying out the comparative analysis, this study allows us to investigate the differences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in RN, thus allowing us to verify its socioeconomic impacts during this critical period. The results highlighted existing regional inequalities and social vulnerability, exposing deeper structural issues in society such as the precariousness of the labor market, implying not only the need to have to deal with the immediate challenges of the pandemic, but also recognizing the inability of existing basic structures. As a suggestion, the need to make continuous investments in the public health system and the creation of social programs aimed at confronting conditions of socio-economic vulnerability is highlighted, considering existing socioeconomic inequalities.

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Author Biographies

Ellitamara Alves de Oliveira Melo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mestre em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Graduada em Ciências Econômicas pela mesma instituição e em Gestão Financeira pela Universidade Potiguar (UNP). Membra do Grupo de Pesquisa em Espaço, Trabalho, Inovação e Sustentabilidade (GEPETIS/UFRN), do Laboratório Interdisciplinar Sociedades, Ambientes e Territórios (LISAT/UFRN), da Rede Interinstitucional de Pesquisa sobre Conflitos da Regulação Ambiental, e do INCT-LABPLAN, voltado ao estudo do desenvolvimento regional e urbano no Brasil. Possui interesse nas áreas de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Sustentável, Desenvolvimento Regional, Economia Industrial, Economia da Energia e Economia da Inovação.

VARELA, T. C, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (2022) and a master's degree in Economics and Economic Development from the same institution (2025). Her main areas of research include remuneration, formal employment, education, gender, and race.

Macedo, L. D., Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte / Profesora

Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (full-time position) and in the Graduate Program in Economics (PPECO/CCSA). She is a member of the Research Group on Space, Labor, Innovation and Sustainability (GEPETIS), the Interdisciplinary Laboratory on Societies, Environments and Territory (LISAT), and the Wind Energy Observatory at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Her research focuses on Economics, with an emphasis on Economic Theory, Local and Regional Development, Energy Economics, Sectoral Planning, and Renewable Energy Sources.

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Published

10-11-2025

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ALVES DE OLIVEIRA MELO, Ellitamara; DA COSTA VARELA, Thaise; DANTAS DE MACEDO, Luziene. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE PNAD-C. Revista de Economia Regional, Urbana e do Trabalho, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 1, p. 91–112, 2025. DOI: 10.21680/2316-5235.2025v14n1ID42016. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/rerut/article/view/42016. Acesso em: 8 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2025): Revista de Economia Regional, Urbana e do Trabalho

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