COVID-19对孟加拉国劳动力市场的影响（英文）.pdf

d e z i r o h t u A e r u s o Poverty and Equity global Practice l c s i D c i l b u Losing Livelihoods P The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh d e z i r o h t u A e r u s MarIa Eug EnIa gE nO nI o l a fsana IffaT Khan c s i nan DInI Kr Ishnan D c nEThra PaLan Iswa My i l b wa MEq raza u P d e z i r o h t u A e r u s o l c s i D c i l b u P d e z i r o h t u A e r u s o l c s i D c i l b u P Losing Livelihoods: The Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh MarIa Eug EnIa gE nO nI a fsana IffaT Khan nan DInI Kr Ishnan nEThra PaLan Iswa My wa MEq raza1 Abstract This paper provides early insights into the labor market impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in Bangladesh, with a special focus on three especially vulnerable areas: poor areas in Dhaka and Chittagong City Corporations and Cox’s Bazar district. We build on household surveys collected before the crisis and phone monitoring surveys collected after the start of the crisis to shed light on the implications of COVID-19 for employment and earnings. The findings presented here indicate substantial labor market impacts both at the extensive and intensive margin, with important variation across areas and gender, largely due to the nature of occupations affected by the crisis. The findings also point to substantial uncertainty about job prospects. Keywords: COVID-19, coronavirus, Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, labor market, poverty JEL codes