Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented negative socioeconomic effects on the lives of millions of people across the world, particularly among the most vulnerable groups. The COVID-19 outbreak has exacerbated the issues countries were facing be...
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okr-10986-352892022-09-20T00:10:29Z Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic Alfani, Federica Dhrif, Dorra Molini, Vasco Pavelesku, Dan Ranzani, Marco LABOR MARKET WELFARE RECESSION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 LIVING STANDARDS PANDEMIC IMPACT The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented negative socioeconomic effects on the lives of millions of people across the world, particularly among the most vulnerable groups. The COVID-19 outbreak has exacerbated the issues countries were facing before the pandemic such as the unequal access to basic services, markets, labor, and capital. Using five rounds of high-frequency telephone surveys collected by the Tunisian National Institute of Statistics in collaboration with the World Bank, this paper analyzes the deterioration in households’ welfare due to COVID-19, focusing on changes in the labor market. The results show that although employment has now rebounded to pre-crisis levels among the respondents, labor income among wage workers and particularly the self-employed is still below pre-pandemic levels. More than half of the households interviewed report a worsening of their living standards relative to before the start of the pandemic, and for about 40 percent of the poorest, welfare levels have continued to deteriorate. In addition, price increases and a reduction in remittances threaten to undo the progress that has been achieved in raising living standards. While waiting for the economy to rebound, the most vulnerable households will continue to need income support. 2021-03-18T14:25:37Z 2021-03-18T14:25:37Z 2021-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/855721615578920334/Living-Standards-of-Tunisian-Households-in-the-Midst-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35289 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9581 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Tunisia |
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LABOR MARKET WELFARE RECESSION CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 LIVING STANDARDS PANDEMIC IMPACT Alfani, Federica Dhrif, Dorra Molini, Vasco Pavelesku, Dan Ranzani, Marco Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had
unprecedented negative socioeconomic effects on the lives of
millions of people across the world, particularly among the
most vulnerable groups. The COVID-19 outbreak has
exacerbated the issues countries were facing before the
pandemic such as the unequal access to basic services,
markets, labor, and capital. Using five rounds of
high-frequency telephone surveys collected by the Tunisian
National Institute of Statistics in collaboration with the
World Bank, this paper analyzes the deterioration in
households’ welfare due to COVID-19, focusing on changes in
the labor market. The results show that although employment
has now rebounded to pre-crisis levels among the
respondents, labor income among wage workers and
particularly the self-employed is still below pre-pandemic
levels. More than half of the households interviewed report
a worsening of their living standards relative to before the
start of the pandemic, and for about 40 percent of the
poorest, welfare levels have continued to deteriorate. In
addition, price increases and a reduction in remittances
threaten to undo the progress that has been achieved in
raising living standards. While waiting for the economy to
rebound, the most vulnerable households will continue to
need income support. |
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Alfani, Federica Dhrif, Dorra Molini, Vasco Pavelesku, Dan Ranzani, Marco |
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Alfani, Federica Dhrif, Dorra Molini, Vasco Pavelesku, Dan Ranzani, Marco |
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Alfani, Federica |
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Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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living standards of tunisian households in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/855721615578920334/Living-Standards-of-Tunisian-Households-in-the-Midst-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35289 |
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