IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ren/journl/v14y2022i2p221-252.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Gender Impacts of COVID-19 on the Labor Market and Household Wellbeing in Pakistan

Author

Listed:
  • Emcet O. Tas

    (World Bank)

  • Tanima Ahmed

    (World Bank)

  • Norihiko Matsuda

    (Florida International University)

  • Shinsaku Nomura

    (World Bank)

Abstract

"This study examines the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market and household wellbeing, using an online survey of the users of Pakistan’s largest online job platform. The analysis shows that the pandemic led to an unprecedented level of economic insecurity for employees and employers alike, resulting in widespread job loss, business closures, a slowdown in business activity, and reduced working hours. The sectors where female workers are heavily concentrated, such as education, were more severely affected. The pandemic has also led to a disproportionate increase in women’s unpaid care work and increased their reported rates of stress and anxiety. These findings suggest that the pandemic had significant wellbeing impacts on women in Pakistan, including a decline in the female labor force participation rate, which is already among the world’s lowest."

Suggested Citation

  • Emcet O. Tas & Tanima Ahmed & Norihiko Matsuda & Shinsaku Nomura, 2022. "Gender Impacts of COVID-19 on the Labor Market and Household Wellbeing in Pakistan," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, vol. 14(2), pages 221-252, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ren:journl:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:221-252
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v14i2.5004
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/rofea/article/view/5004/5538
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v14i2.5004?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    COVID-19; labor market; income; unpaid work; Pakistan;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ren:journl:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:221-252. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Jerzy (Jurek) Konieczny (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.rcfea.org/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.