Sudan’s economy, society, and labor market have experienced a large number of shocks since Sudan’s last household survey in 2014/15. Pre-existing political and economic challenges contributed to the revolution in 2018 and substantial political change in 2019, followed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and further political and economic turmoil in 2021-2022. The new Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey 2022 provides an important opportunity to understand labor market dynamics in Sudan during this turbulent period. Both contemporaneous and retrospective data allow the creation and analysis of monthly statuses and transitions throughout the 2015-2021 period. The paper specifically examines the dynamics of job finding and entry into the labor market, unemployment durations, and employment exits. The results show the increased difficulties in entering employment as Sudan was beset by shocks

Ragui Assaad (), Caroline Krafft () and Sarah Wahby ()
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Ragui Assaad: University of Minnesota
Caroline Krafft: St. Catherine University

No 1665, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Pages: 30
Date: 2023-11-20, Revised 2023-11-20
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