2021
Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries
Egger D, Miguel E, Warren S, Shenoy A, Collins E, Karlan D, Parkerson D, Mobarak A, Fink G, Udry C, Walker M, Haushofer J, Larreboure M, Athey S, Lopez-Pena P, Benhachmi S, Humphreys M, Lowe L, Meriggi N, Wabwire A, Davis C, Pape U, Graff T, Voors M, Nekesa C, Vernot C. Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabe0997. PMID: 33547077, PMCID: PMC7864564, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEconomic conditionsOfficial economic statisticsLarge informal sectorOriginal household surveyShare of householdsHousehold coping strategiesDire economic conditionsSystematic quantitative evidenceWidespread food insecurityCOVID-19 crisisIncome dropEconomic statisticsInformal sectorPolicy responsesLiving standardsJournalistic accountsGovernment assistanceQuantitative evidenceFood insecurityHousehold surveyMiddle-income countriesSubsistence agricultureLatin AmericaVulnerable groupsCOVID-19 pandemic
2020
Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19
Barker N, Davis C, López-Peña P, Mitchell H, Mobarak A, Naguib K, Reimão M, Shenoy A, Vernot C. Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19. WIDER Working Paper 2020, 2020 DOI: 10.35188/unu-wider/2020/896-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLabor market impactMigrant householdsOrigin communitiesExtent of vulnerabilityRemittance incomeFood insecuritySecondary dataMigrantsCOVID-19 pandemicPanel datasetDetailed microdataHouseholdsMarket impactInsecurityPolicyCOVID-19MicrodataCommunityIncomeNepalEarningsGreater health risksBangladeshVulnerabilityPandemic