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The Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries: Evidence from High-Frequency Phone Surveys

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dc.contributor.authorKhamis, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorPrinz, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNewhouse, David
dc.contributor.authorPalacios-Lopez, Amparo
dc.contributor.authorPape, Utz
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-25T17:04:59Z
dc.date.available2021-01-25T17:04:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractThe economic crisis caused by the Coronavirus (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 thirty-nine 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 Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Thirty-four percent of respondents reported stopping work, twenty percent of wage workers reported lack of payment for work performed, nine percent reported job changes due to the pandemic, and sixty-two percent reported income loss in their household. Measures of work stoppage and income loss in the HFPS are generally consistent with gross domestic products (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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/543791611305013434/The-Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries-Evidence-from-High-frequency-Phone-Surveys
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35044
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35044
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJobs Working Paper;No. 58
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectPHONE SURVEY
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectPANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLOCKDOWN
dc.subjectLABOR MOBILITY
dc.titleThe Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countriesen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from High-Frequency Phone Surveysen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleThe Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries
okr.date.disclosure2021-01-22
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T11:41:30.733964Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/543791611305013434/The-Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries-Evidence-from-High-frequency-Phone-Surveys
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08822421a_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32769569
okr.identifier.report156058
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/543791611305013434/pdf/The-Early-Labor-Market-Impacts-of-COVID-19-in-Developing-Countries-Evidence-from-High-frequency-Phone-Surveys.pdfen
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (HSPJB)
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