Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh

This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations and Co...

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Main Authors: Genoni, Maria Eugenia, Khan, Afsana Iffat, Krishnan, Nandini, Palaniswamy, Nethra, Raza, Wameq
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET
LIVELIHOODS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DHAKA
CHITTAGONG
POVERTY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475551600152674960/Losing-Livelihoods-The-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Bangladesh
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spelling okr-10986-344492021-05-25T09:51:38Z Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh Genoni, Maria Eugenia Khan, Afsana Iffat Krishnan, Nandini Palaniswamy, Nethra Raza, Wameq LABOR MARKET LIVELIHOODS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT DHAKA CHITTAGONG POVERTY This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations and Cox’s Bazar district. The authors build on household surveys collected before the crisis and phone monitoring surveys collected after the start of the crisis to shed light on the implications of COVID-19 for employment and earnings. The findings presented indicate substantial labor market impacts both at the extensive and intensive margin, with important variation across areas and gender, largely due to the nature of occupations affected by the crisis. The findings also point to substantial uncertainty about job prospects. 2020-09-16T13:53:02Z 2020-09-16T13:53:02Z 2020-09-15 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475551600152674960/Losing-Livelihoods-The-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34449 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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topic LABOR MARKET
LIVELIHOODS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DHAKA
CHITTAGONG
POVERTY
spellingShingle LABOR MARKET
LIVELIHOODS
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DHAKA
CHITTAGONG
POVERTY
Genoni, Maria Eugenia
Khan, Afsana Iffat
Krishnan, Nandini
Palaniswamy, Nethra
Raza, Wameq
Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
description This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations and Cox’s Bazar district. The authors build on household surveys collected before the crisis and phone monitoring surveys collected after the start of the crisis to shed light on the implications of COVID-19 for employment and earnings. The findings presented indicate substantial labor market impacts both at the extensive and intensive margin, with important variation across areas and gender, largely due to the nature of occupations affected by the crisis. The findings also point to substantial uncertainty about job prospects.
format Working Paper
author Genoni, Maria Eugenia
Khan, Afsana Iffat
Krishnan, Nandini
Palaniswamy, Nethra
Raza, Wameq
author_facet Genoni, Maria Eugenia
Khan, Afsana Iffat
Krishnan, Nandini
Palaniswamy, Nethra
Raza, Wameq
author_sort Genoni, Maria Eugenia
title Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
title_short Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
title_full Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Losing Livelihoods : The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
title_sort losing livelihoods : the labor market impacts of covid-19 in bangladesh
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475551600152674960/Losing-Livelihoods-The-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34449
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