Gender Dimensions of COVID-19 Economic Impact in Chad : Insights from a CGE Model and Household Phone Survey
This paper uses computable general equilibrium model-based simulations to assess the gender dimensions of the impact of COVID-19 on economic outcomes, that is, labor force participation, employment, wages, and earnings. It leverages the 2020 High-F...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/678151622139021020/Gender-Dimensions-of-COVID-19-Economic-Impact-in-Chad-Insights-from-a-CGE-Model-and-Household-Phone-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35640 |
| Summary: | This paper uses computable general
equilibrium model-based simulations to assess the gender
dimensions of the impact of COVID-19 on economic outcomes,
that is, labor force participation, employment, wages, and
earnings. It leverages the 2020 High-Frequency Phone Survey
in Chad to assess the impact of COVID-19 on female-headed
households, which comprise 23 percent of the country’s
households. The findings show that the COVID-19 pandemic
will have a disproportionately higher negative impact on
women in urban areas. The simulation results suggest that
more women than men working in paid jobs might lose their
jobs. Although the paper focuses on the impact of COVID-19
in 2020, the findings can be generalized as the hysteresis
effects might be deeper and more prolonged if the pandemic
is more prolonged. The situation is potentially dire,
especially in service sectors, where most women are employed
in urban areas. Moreover, the High-Frequency Phone Survey
shows that COVID-19 has notably impacted the households’
income from enterprises and suggests that this negative
impact is more prevalent for female-headed households.
Although male- and female-headed households are using common
coping strategies during the pandemic, female-headed
households in rural and urban areas have been more reliant
on aid from family and friends and less reliant on savings,
credit, or the sale of assets. |
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