Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries

The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact on labor markets in 39 countries based on high-...

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Main Authors:	Khamis, Melanie, Prinz, Daniel, Newhouse, David, Palacios-Lopez, Amparo, Pape, Utz, Weber, Michael
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	LABOR MARKET INCOME LOSS EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PHONE SURVEY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607281611295650533/Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35047

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spelling	okr-10986-350472021-04-23T14:02:15Z Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries Khamis, Melanie Prinz, Daniel Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Pape, Utz Weber, Michael LABOR MARKET INCOME LOSS EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PHONE SURVEY The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact on labor markets in 39 countries based on high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) data collected between April and July 2020. Workers in these countries experienced severe labor market disruptions following the COVID-19 outbreak. 34 percent of respondents reported stopping work, 20 percent of wage workers reported lack of payment for work performed, 9 percent reported job changes due to the pandemic, and 62 percent reported income loss in their household. Measures of work stoppage and income loss in the HFPS are generally consistent with GDP growth projections in Latin America and the Caribbean but not in Sub-Saharan Africa, indicating that the phone survey data contributes valuable new information about the impacts of the crisis. Ensuring availability of such critical data in the future will require investments into statistical and physical infrastructure as well as human capital to set up Emergency Observatories, which can rapidly deploy phone surveys to inform decision makers. 2021-01-26T19:20:08Z 2021-01-26T19:20:08Z 2021-01-22 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607281611295650533/Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35047 English Jobs Watch COVID-19; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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spellingShingle	LABOR MARKET INCOME LOSS EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT PHONE SURVEY Khamis, Melanie Prinz, Daniel Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Pape, Utz Weber, Michael Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
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description	The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact on labor markets in 39 countries based on high-frequency phone survey (HFPS) data collected between April and July 2020. Workers in these countries experienced severe labor market disruptions following the COVID-19 outbreak. 34 percent of respondents reported stopping work, 20 percent of wage workers reported lack of payment for work performed, 9 percent reported job changes due to the pandemic, and 62 percent reported income loss in their household. Measures of work stoppage and income loss in the HFPS are generally consistent with GDP growth projections in Latin America and the Caribbean but not in Sub-Saharan Africa, indicating that the phone survey data contributes valuable new information about the impacts of the crisis. Ensuring availability of such critical data in the future will require investments into statistical and physical infrastructure as well as human capital to set up Emergency Observatories, which can rapidly deploy phone surveys to inform decision makers.
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author	Khamis, Melanie Prinz, Daniel Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Pape, Utz Weber, Michael
author_facet	Khamis, Melanie Prinz, Daniel Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Pape, Utz Weber, Michael
author_sort	Khamis, Melanie
title	Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_short	Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_full	Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_sort	early labor market impacts of covid-19 in developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/607281611295650533/Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35047
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Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries

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