The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State
This paper investigates the causal impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The identification strategy uses the national government lockdown policy implemented to curtail the...
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okr-10986-371532022-03-18T05:10:37Z The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State Mendiratta, Vibhuti Nsababera, Olive Umuhire Sam, Hannah LABOR MARKET OUTCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE WELFARE INDICATOR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE This paper investigates the causal impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The identification strategy uses the national government lockdown policy implemented to curtail the unexpected outbreak of Covid-19. The lockdown policy coincided with the 2020 Harmonized Survey on Living Conditions of Households data collection, lending itself to a quasi-natural experiment in which households that were interviewed before the lockdown policy fall into the control group, while those that were interviewed after the lockdown fall into the treated group. The paper explores the impact of the Covid-19 using descriptive regression analysis and estimates the causal impact using matching techniques. The analysis finds a reduction in household expenditure, increased poverty, and a reduction in the likelihood of employment. Investigation of differential impacts along the expenditure distribution finds larger impacts at the top of the distribution, suggesting that Covid-19 may have reduced inequality, although the poor were also negatively affected. The evidence also suggests that the ability to use assets as a coping mechanism was limited. In a context of limited safety nets and government interventions, stringent lockdown policies appear to increase the vulnerability of the poor. 2022-03-17T17:29:38Z 2022-03-17T17:29:38Z 2022-03-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/349051646942786069/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Household-Welfare-in-the-Comoros-The-Experience-of-a-Small-Island-Developing-State http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37153 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Comoros |
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LABOR MARKET OUTCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE WELFARE INDICATOR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE Mendiratta, Vibhuti Nsababera, Olive Umuhire Sam, Hannah The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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This paper investigates the causal
impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's
household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The
identification strategy uses the national government
lockdown policy implemented to curtail the unexpected
outbreak of Covid-19. The lockdown policy coincided with the
2020 Harmonized Survey on Living Conditions of Households
data collection, lending itself to a quasi-natural
experiment in which households that were interviewed before
the lockdown policy fall into the control group, while those
that were interviewed after the lockdown fall into the
treated group. The paper explores the impact of the Covid-19
using descriptive regression analysis and estimates the
causal impact using matching techniques. The analysis finds
a reduction in household expenditure, increased poverty, and
a reduction in the likelihood of employment. Investigation
of differential impacts along the expenditure distribution
finds larger impacts at the top of the distribution,
suggesting that Covid-19 may have reduced inequality,
although the poor were also negatively affected. The
evidence also suggests that the ability to use assets as a
coping mechanism was limited. In a context of limited safety
nets and government interventions, stringent lockdown
policies appear to increase the vulnerability of the poor. |
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Mendiratta, Vibhuti Nsababera, Olive Umuhire Sam, Hannah |
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Mendiratta, Vibhuti Nsababera, Olive Umuhire Sam, Hannah |
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Mendiratta, Vibhuti |
| title |
The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros : The Experience of a Small Island Developing State |
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impact of covid-19 on household welfare in the comoros : the experience of a small island developing state |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2022 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/349051646942786069/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Household-Welfare-in-the-Comoros-The-Experience-of-a-Small-Island-Developing-State http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37153 |
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