How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?

The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing countries. Larger shares of female, young,...

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Main Authors:	Kugler, Maurice, Viollaz, Mariana, Duque, Daniel, Gaddis, Isis, Newhouse, David, Palacios-Lopez, Amparo, Weber, Michael
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT GENDER LABOR MARKET JOB LOSS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383851628667493846/How-Did-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Affect-Different-Types-of-Workers-in-the-Developing-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36168

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spelling	okr-10986-361682021-08-19T05:10:45Z How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? Kugler, Maurice Viollaz, Mariana Duque, Daniel Gaddis, Isis Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Weber, Michael CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT GENDER LABOR MARKET JOB LOSS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing countries. Larger shares of female, young, less educated, and urban workers stopped working, with gender differences being particularly pronounced. Gender gaps in work stoppage stemmed mainly from differences within sectors rather than differential employment patterns across sectors. Among those that remained employed, changes in sector of employment and employment type were similar for all groups except for age, where young workers saw a slightly larger decline in industrial employment. Employment increased between April and October, with larger gains for the groups with larger initial job losses, but for most groups these gains fell far short of pre pandemic employment levels. Finally, evidence from five countries suggests that phone surveys give a generally accurate picture of group disparities in employment rates following the onset of the crisis and are proving to be a valuable tool for monitoring differential impacts of the crisis on workers 2021-08-18T16:45:27Z 2021-08-18T16:45:27Z 2021-08 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383851628667493846/How-Did-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Affect-Different-Types-of-Workers-in-the-Developing-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36168 English Jobs Watch COVID-19; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Brief Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT GENDER LABOR MARKET JOB LOSS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY Kugler, Maurice Viollaz, Mariana Duque, Daniel Gaddis, Isis Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Weber, Michael How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
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description	The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing countries. Larger shares of female, young, less educated, and urban workers stopped working, with gender differences being particularly pronounced. Gender gaps in work stoppage stemmed mainly from differences within sectors rather than differential employment patterns across sectors. Among those that remained employed, changes in sector of employment and employment type were similar for all groups except for age, where young workers saw a slightly larger decline in industrial employment. Employment increased between April and October, with larger gains for the groups with larger initial job losses, but for most groups these gains fell far short of pre pandemic employment levels. Finally, evidence from five countries suggests that phone surveys give a generally accurate picture of group disparities in employment rates following the onset of the crisis and are proving to be a valuable tool for monitoring differential impacts of the crisis on workers
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author	Kugler, Maurice Viollaz, Mariana Duque, Daniel Gaddis, Isis Newhouse, David Palacios-Lopez, Amparo Weber, Michael
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title	How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
title_short	How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
title_full	How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
title_fullStr	How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
title_full_unstemmed	How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?
title_sort	how did the covid-19 crisis affect different types of workers in the developing world?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/383851628667493846/How-Did-the-COVID-19-Crisis-Affect-Different-Types-of-Workers-in-the-Developing-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36168
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How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?

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