Labour market impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the West Bank and Gaza

Jingyuan Deng, Nelly Elmallakh (), Luca Flabbi and Roberta Gatti

LABOUR, 2023, vol. 37, issue 4, 491-518

Abstract: This article studies the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on men's labour supply in the West Bank and Gaza, both on the extensive (participation) and intensive (hours of work) margins. We find that the pandemic was associated with a decline in employment and labour supply in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, with large adjustments at the intensive margin. Afterwards, labour market indicators quickly bounced back to their pre‐pandemic levels, but less so for the most vulnerable segments of the workforce, such as informal workers, workers in blue collar occupations, the least educated, and residents in refugee camps.

Date: 2023
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