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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis

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dc.contributor.authorContreras-Gonzalez, Ivette
dc.contributor.authorOseni, Gbemisola
dc.contributor.authorPalacios-Lopez, Amparo
dc.contributor.authorJanneke, Pieters
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T15:03:41Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T15:03:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses high-frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by gender, family composition, education, age, pre-COVID19 industry of work, and between the rural and urban sectors. The paper links phone survey data collected throughout the pandemic to pre-COVID-19 face-to-face survey data to track the employment of respondents who were working before the pandemic and analyze individual-level indicators of job loss and re-employment. Finally, it analyzes both immediate impacts, during the first few months of the pandemic, as well as longer run impacts through February/March 2021. The findings show that in the early phase of the pandemic, women, young, and urban workers were significantly more likely to lose their jobs. A year after the onset of the pandemic, these inequalities disappeared and education became the main predictor of joblessness. The analysis finds significant rural/urban, age, and education gradients in household-level income loss. Households with income from nonfarm enterprises were the most likely to report income loss, in the short run as well as the longer run.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099734408182218704/IDU012fe4d900e4df0432c0b975000867a8b99cf
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10143
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37903
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10143
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINEQUALIY
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectECONOMIC SHOCK
dc.subjectVULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
dc.subjectGENDER AND EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
dc.subjectJOB LOSS
dc.subjectCOVID-19 IMPACT
dc.subjectJOB LOSS BY AGE
dc.titleInequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisisen
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okr.crossref.titleInequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis
okr.date.disclosure2022-08-18
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:47:03.376281Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-08-18T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099734408182218704/IDU012fe4d900e4df0432c0b975000867a8b99cf
okr.guid099734408182218704
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10143
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33883990
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okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitData Production and Methods (DECPM)
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