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The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros: The Experience of a Small Island Developing State

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dc.contributor.authorMendiratta, Vibhuti
dc.contributor.authorNsababera, Olive Umuhire
dc.contributor.authorSam, Hannah
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T17:29:38Z
dc.date.available2022-03-17T17:29:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the causal impact of a Covid-19 lockdown policy on the Comoros's household welfare, poverty, and labor market outcomes. The identification strategy uses the national government lockdown policy implemented to curtail the unexpected outbreak of Covid-19. The lockdown policy coincided with the 2020 Harmonized Survey on Living Conditions of Households data collection, lending itself to a quasi-natural experiment in which households that were interviewed before the lockdown policy fall into the control group, while those that were interviewed after the lockdown fall into the treated group. The paper explores the impact of the Covid-19 using descriptive regression analysis and estimates the causal impact using matching techniques. The analysis finds a reduction in household expenditure, increased poverty, and a reduction in the likelihood of employment. Investigation of differential impacts along the expenditure distribution finds larger impacts at the top of the distribution, suggesting that Covid-19 may have reduced inequality, although the poor were also negatively affected. The evidence also suggests that the ability to use assets as a coping mechanism was limited. In a context of limited safety nets and government interventions, stringent lockdown policies appear to increase the vulnerability of the poor.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/349051646942786069/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Household-Welfare-in-the-Comoros-The-Experience-of-a-Small-Island-Developing-State
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9964
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37153
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 9964
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectBELOW THE POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.titleThe Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comorosen
dc.title.subtitleThe Experience of a Small Island Developing Stateen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2022-03-10
okr.date.lastmodified2022-03-10T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/349051646942786069/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Household-Welfare-in-the-Comoros-The-Experience-of-a-Small-Island-Developing-State
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9964
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b088d210d7_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33755609
okr.identifier.reportWPS9964
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryComoros
okr.topicInequality
okr.topicRural Labor Markets
okr.topicLabor Markets
okr.topicHealth Care Services Industry
okr.topicPoverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor
okr.unitEFI-LCR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ELCPV)
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