COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys

As the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt international supply chains and local economies, workers employed in export-oriented industries are likely to experience both demand and supply shocks due to the crisis. In Ethiopia,...

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Main Authors:	Ajayi, Kehinde, Buehren, Niklas, Ebrahim, Menaal, Hailemicheal, Adiam
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT FACTORY WORKER CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT JOB RETENTION JOB SEARCH COPING BEHAVIOR WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836531600754494664/COVID-19-Impacts-on-Women-Factory-Workers-in-Ethiopia-Results-from-High-Frequency-Phone-Surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34539

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spelling	okr-10986-345392021-05-08T09:00:39Z COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys Ajayi, Kehinde Buehren, Niklas Ebrahim, Menaal Hailemicheal, Adiam AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT FACTORY WORKER CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT JOB RETENTION JOB SEARCH COPING BEHAVIOR WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT As the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt international supply chains and local economies, workers employed in export-oriented industries are likely to experience both demand and supply shocks due to the crisis. In Ethiopia, a slowed global economy can pose a significant threat to the country’s industrial parks and their factories in the female-concentrated garment industry, forcing them to lay off workers or even shut down their operations. To monitor the potential effects of the pandemic and support the design of evidence-based policy responses, the gender innovation policy initiative for Ethiopia (GIPIE) is conducting a high-frequency phone survey on a sample of 323 recently hired female factory workers in Ethiopia. This brief reports on the first two waves of data collected between late March and late May 2020, showing the evolution of this sample of female workers’ employment status, earnings, and expectations over the course of the pandemic. Due to the size of the sample and the fact that it only includes recent hires at the Bole Lemi Industrial Park, the results may not generalize for the full population of women factory workers in industrial parks. Data collection from the ongoing high-frequency phone survey of women factory workers in Bole Lemi Industrial Park will continue in the coming months, with recurring surveys every month for a total of 6 rounds. By tracking the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, these data collection efforts aim to equip policymakers with timely, actionable data to better design and implement policy responses in support of Ethiopia’s women factory workers. 2020-09-30T15:19:04Z 2020-09-30T15:19:04Z 2020-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836531600754494664/COVID-19-Impacts-on-Women-Factory-Workers-in-Ethiopia-Results-from-High-Frequency-Phone-Surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34539 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Ethiopia
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description	As the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt international supply chains and local economies, workers employed in export-oriented industries are likely to experience both demand and supply shocks due to the crisis. In Ethiopia, a slowed global economy can pose a significant threat to the country’s industrial parks and their factories in the female-concentrated garment industry, forcing them to lay off workers or even shut down their operations. To monitor the potential effects of the pandemic and support the design of evidence-based policy responses, the gender innovation policy initiative for Ethiopia (GIPIE) is conducting a high-frequency phone survey on a sample of 323 recently hired female factory workers in Ethiopia. This brief reports on the first two waves of data collected between late March and late May 2020, showing the evolution of this sample of female workers’ employment status, earnings, and expectations over the course of the pandemic. Due to the size of the sample and the fact that it only includes recent hires at the Bole Lemi Industrial Park, the results may not generalize for the full population of women factory workers in industrial parks. Data collection from the ongoing high-frequency phone survey of women factory workers in Bole Lemi Industrial Park will continue in the coming months, with recurring surveys every month for a total of 6 rounds. By tracking the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, these data collection efforts aim to equip policymakers with timely, actionable data to better design and implement policy responses in support of Ethiopia’s women factory workers.
format	Brief
author	Ajayi, Kehinde Buehren, Niklas Ebrahim, Menaal Hailemicheal, Adiam
author_facet	Ajayi, Kehinde Buehren, Niklas Ebrahim, Menaal Hailemicheal, Adiam
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title	COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys
title_short	COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys
title_full	COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys
title_fullStr	COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys
title_sort	covid-19 impacts on women factory workers in ethiopia : results from high-frequency phone surveys
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836531600754494664/COVID-19-Impacts-on-Women-Factory-Workers-in-Ethiopia-Results-from-High-Frequency-Phone-Surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34539
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COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia : Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys

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