Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19

Nathan Barker, Austin Davis, Paula López-Peña, Harrison Mitchell, Ahmed Mobarak, Karim Naguib, Maira Reimão, Ashish Shenoy and Corey Vernot

No wp-2020-139, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Using detailed microdata, we document how migration-dependent households are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. We create pre- and post-COVID panel datasets for three populations in Bangladesh and Nepal, leveraging experimental and observational variation in prior migration dependence. We report 25 per cent greater declines in earnings and fourfold greater prevalence of food insecurity among migrant households since March. Causes include lower migration rates, less remittance income per migrant, isolation in origin communities, and greater health risks.

Keywords: Migration; COVID-19; Panel; Bangladesh; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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