How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing countries. Larger shares of female, young,...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383851628667493846/How-Did-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Affect-Different-Types-of-Workers-in-the-Developing-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36168 |
| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst
global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This
brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest
by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing countries.
Larger shares of female, young, less educated, and urban
workers stopped working, with gender differences being
particularly pronounced. Gender gaps in work stoppage
stemmed mainly from differences within sectors rather than
differential employment patterns across sectors. Among those
that remained employed, changes in sector of employment and
employment type were similar for all groups except for age,
where young workers saw a slightly larger decline in
industrial employment. Employment increased between April
and October, with larger gains for the groups with larger
initial job losses, but for most groups these gains fell far
short of pre pandemic employment levels. Finally, evidence
from five countries suggests that phone surveys give a
generally accurate picture of group disparities in
employment rates following the onset of the crisis and are
proving to be a valuable tool for monitoring differential
impacts of the crisis on workers |
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