Poverty and quality of life in Jordan and COVID-19 pandemic effects

Elham Mohammad Alhiary

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2024, vol. 42, issue 1, 117-132

Abstract: Since the end of 2019, the whole world has faced one of the largest pandemic with a fast dispersion, resulting in a multidimensional crisis which also includes various severe economic situations. Therefore, the key aim of the current study is to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on poverty and quality of life in Jordan. The study has used some measures such as the GDP per capita, purchasing power, cost of living, and healthcare. By estimating the autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model in this study, the results found from the econometric modulation impact of this pandemic to increase the rate of poverty with non-significant effect of this crisis on quality of life in Jordan. The study hence, contribute in fulfilling the existing research gap in this area since this study is the first in its type has been conducting in Jordan in this critical time of health crisis. It also provides some insights through the meaningful findings and implications for future study.

Keywords: poverty; quality of life; COVID-19 pandemic; ARMA; Jordan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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