Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market Outcomes of Refugees and Nationals in Kenya (English)

This paper investigates the labor market outcomes for refugee and urban national communities in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, using five waves of a novel high-frequency phone survey collected between May 2020 and June 2021. Even after conditioning on age, gender, educational attainment, and area of living, only 32 percent of refugees were employed in February 2020 compared with 63 percent of nationals. With the onset of the pandemic in March...

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Vintar,Mirko;

Beltramo,Theresa Parrish;

Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie;

Egger,Dennis Timo;

Pape,Utz Johann;
Document Date
2022/03/07
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9960
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Kenya,
Region
Eastern And Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2022/03/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market Outcomes of Refugees and Nationals in Kenya
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Vintar,Mirko; Beltramo,Theresa Parrish; Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie; Egger,Dennis Timo; Pape,Utz Johann.

Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market Outcomes of Refugees and Nationals in Kenya (English). COVID-19 (Coronavirus)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9960 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/839821646670068778

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