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

This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of different types of workers in developing countries. Employment outcomes are taken from a set of high-frequency phone surveys conducted by the World Bank and National Statistics Offices in 40 countries. Larger shares of female, young, less educated, and urban workers stopped working. Gender gaps in work stoppage were particularly pronounced...
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Kugler,Lisbet; Maurice; Viollaz,Mariana; Mariana; Duque; Daniel; Gaddis,Isis; Newhouse,David Locke; Palacios-Lopez,Amparo; Weber,Michael.

How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? : How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? (English). Issue No. 60|Jobs Working Paper Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/941371625127256564

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