The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries

The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries

The early labor market impacts of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in widespread disruption to livelihoods. Previous analysis showed that between April and July 2020, across a sample of 39 countries, an average of 34 percen...

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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:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
LABOR MARKET
JOB LOSS
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
WORKPLACE MOBILITY
INCOME LOSS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736581626933374446/Jobs-Watch-COVID-19-The-Evolving-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-360322021-07-29T05:10:46Z The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries Khamis, Melanie Prinz, Daniel Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Pape, Utz Weber, Michael CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT LABOR MARKET JOB LOSS EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC RECOVERY WORKPLACE MOBILITY INCOME LOSS The early labor market impacts of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in widespread disruption to livelihoods. Previous analysis showed that between April and July 2020, across a sample of 39 countries, an average of 34 percent of workers stopped work, 20 percent of employees experienced partial or no payments for work performed, and 9 percent changed jobs during the early part of the pandemic. This brief discusses how labor markets have evolved since the initial phase of the crisis in the spring and early summer of 2020. It uses harmonized data from high-frequency phone surveys (HFPS) conducted in 33 developing countries and provides information on the changing labor market impacts of the crisis in these countries from the initial phase of the pandemic in April 2020 through December 2020. 2021-07-28T17:36:15Z 2021-07-28T17:36:15Z 2021-07-22 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736581626933374446/Jobs-Watch-COVID-19-The-Evolving-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36032 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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topic CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
LABOR MARKET
JOB LOSS
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
WORKPLACE MOBILITY
INCOME LOSS
spellingShingle CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
LABOR MARKET
JOB LOSS
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
WORKPLACE MOBILITY
INCOME LOSS
Khamis, Melanie
Prinz, Daniel
Newhouse, David
Palacios-Lopez, Amparo
Pape, Utz
Weber, Michael
The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
relation Jobs Watch COVID-19;
description The early labor market impacts of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in widespread disruption to livelihoods. Previous analysis showed that between April and July 2020, across a sample of 39 countries, an average of 34 percent of workers stopped work, 20 percent of employees experienced partial or no payments for work performed, and 9 percent changed jobs during the early part of the pandemic. This brief discusses how labor markets have evolved since the initial phase of the crisis in the spring and early summer of 2020. It uses harmonized data from high-frequency phone surveys (HFPS) conducted in 33 developing countries and provides information on the changing labor market impacts of the crisis in these countries from the initial phase of the pandemic in April 2020 through December 2020.
format Brief
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 The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_short The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_full The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_fullStr The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed The Evolving Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
title_sort evolving labor market impacts of covid-19 in developing countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736581626933374446/Jobs-Watch-COVID-19-The-Evolving-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36032
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