Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis
This paper uses high-frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by ge...
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okr-10986-379032022-08-23T05:10:38Z Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette Oseni, Gbemisola Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Janneke, Pieters Weber, Michael INEQUALIY CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) LABOR MARKET JOBS ECONOMIC SHOCK VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA JOB LOSS COVID-19 IMPACT JOB LOSS BY AGE This paper uses high-frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by gender, family composition, education, age, pre-COVID19 industry of work, and between the rural and urban sectors. The paper links phone survey data collected throughout the pandemic to pre-COVID-19 face-to-face survey data to track the employment of respondents who were working before the pandemic and analyze individual-level indicators of job loss and re-employment. Finally, it analyzes both immediate impacts, during the first few months of the pandemic, as well as longer run impacts through February/March 2021. The findings show that in the early phase of the pandemic, women, young, and urban workers were significantly more likely to lose their jobs. A year after the onset of the pandemic, these inequalities disappeared and education became the main predictor of joblessness. The analysis finds significant rural/urban, age, and education gradients in household-level income loss. Households with income from nonfarm enterprises were the most likely to report income loss, in the short run as well as the longer run. 2022-08-22T15:03:41Z 2022-08-22T15:03:41Z 2022-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099734408182218704/IDU012fe4d900e4df0432c0b975000867a8b99cf http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37903 English en Policy Research Working Papers;10143 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Sub-Saharan Africa |
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INEQUALIY CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) LABOR MARKET JOBS ECONOMIC SHOCK VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA JOB LOSS COVID-19 IMPACT JOB LOSS BY AGE |
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INEQUALIY CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) LABOR MARKET JOBS ECONOMIC SHOCK VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA JOB LOSS COVID-19 IMPACT JOB LOSS BY AGE Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette Oseni, Gbemisola Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Janneke, Pieters Weber, Michael Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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This paper uses high-frequency phone
survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to
analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work
(including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work)
and income, as well as heterogeneity by gender, family
composition, education, age, pre-COVID19 industry of work,
and between the rural and urban sectors. The paper links
phone survey data collected throughout the pandemic to
pre-COVID-19 face-to-face survey data to track the
employment of respondents who were working before the
pandemic and analyze individual-level indicators of job loss
and re-employment. Finally, it analyzes both immediate
impacts, during the first few months of the pandemic, as
well as longer run impacts through February/March 2021. The
findings show that in the early phase of the pandemic,
women, young, and urban workers were significantly more
likely to lose their jobs. A year after the onset of the
pandemic, these inequalities disappeared and education
became the main predictor of joblessness. The analysis finds
significant rural/urban, age, and education gradients in
household-level income loss. Households with income from
nonfarm enterprises were the most likely to report income
loss, in the short run as well as the longer run. |
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Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette Oseni, Gbemisola Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Janneke, Pieters Weber, Michael |
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Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette Oseni, Gbemisola Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Janneke, Pieters Weber, Michael |
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Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette |
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis |
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inequalities in job loss and income loss in sub-saharan africa during the covid-19 crisis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2022 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099734408182218704/IDU012fe4d900e4df0432c0b975000867a8b99cf http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37903 |
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