Browsing by Subject "poverty"

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The labor market and poverty impacts of covid-19 in South Africa

Jain, Ronak; Budlender, Joshua; Zizzamia, Rocco; Bassier, Ihsaan (2020-07)

We use newly-released South African data to present the first estimates of COVID-19-related employment and poverty impacts in a developing country. We observe a 40% decline in active employment. Half of this comprises job ...
Labour market dynamics in South Africa in the time of COVID-19: Evidence from wave 1 of the NIDS-CRAM survey

Ranchhod, Vimal; Daniels, Reza C. (2020-07)

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis that will exacerbate the South African unemployment crisis. As a temporary measure, the lockdown has prevented a substantial number of people from going to work. In addition, the ...

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