scholarly journals On Employment, Wage and Consumption: Impact of Nationwide Lockdown on Muslim Casual Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 001946622110238
Author(s):  
Kashif Mansoor ◽  
Faraz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Daily Wage

The effects of nationwide lockdown were disproportionate on informal workers. Based on a primary household survey conducted among Muslim casual labour working in Aligarh lock industries, we add to studies on the socio-economic impact of the lockdown. We find 44% reduction in employment rate and fall in daily wage for 60% of workers, in the post-lockdown period. A net job loss of 20% was found. The incidence of violation with the minimum wages is severe in the lock industries, and this has increased tremendously as high as 90% for some workers, in the post-lockdown. Muslim women were affected more than men, in terms of unemployment and wages. With little to no savings, the income loss during the lockdown has led to a rise in indebtedness with one-third of households incurring debt Rs. 5,000–10,000. More than 90% of them were found unable to pay rent and electricity bills. Protecting livelihoods and dignity of workers is a constitutional duty of the state. This has become even more demanding now. JEL Codes: E21, E24, E26

scholarly journals Covid-19’s Socio-Economic Impact on Low-Income Benefit Recipients: Early Evidence from Tracking Surveys

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Enriquez ◽  
Adam Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Food Scarcity ◽  
Early Evidence ◽  
Socio Economic Impact

The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have introduced manifold dislocations in Americans’ lives. Using novel survey data samples of SNAP recipients and Census Pulse survey data, we examine the socio-economic insecurities faced by low-income/benefits-eligible households during the early months of the crisis. Five repeated online surveys of SNAP recipients included measures of perceived and realized housing insecurity, food scarcity, new debt accrual, and recent job loss as indicators of Covid-induced shocks. We then compared our SNAP beneficiaries data to the Census data from a similar period on job loss, food insecurity, and housing precarity. Food insecurity and debt accrual worsened significantly between April and June 2020. Job losses also compounded, albeit at a slower rate. The proportion of respondents reporting multiple types of precarity increased over the month. Compared to Latinx and White respondents, Black respondents were more likely to experience Covid-induced precarity across three out of four indicators, and they experienced more types simultaneously on average. The results provide early systematic evidence on the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis on poor Americans and racial disparities therein.

Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic: Who are the Big Sufferers?

2020 ◽  
pp. 320-326
Keyword(s):  
Informal Economy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Indian Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Daily Wage ◽  
Liberalisation Policy ◽  
The International Monetary Fund

The COVID-19 pandemic identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has spread almost to all the countries of the world. The mitigation measures imposed by most of the nations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have badly hit the global economic activities. As per the latest estimates, the world economy is predicted to decline by 5.2 percent, and world trade is expected to drop by 13-32 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way it has created havoc in the world economy and the Indian economy is no exception. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated the Indian GDP growth at 1.9 percent and showed the worst growth performance of India after the liberalisation policy of 1991. According to the World Bank, the Indian economy will contract by 3.2 percent in 2020-21. Daily wage labourers and other informal workers, particularly migrant labourers of economically poor states were the worst hit during the lockdown period and will continue to be adversely affected even after the lockdown was relaxed. The paper suggested multiple measures to support the Indian economic and financial support to all the families of the informal economy workers to tide over this crisis.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SMALL FARM PRODUCTIONS: A STUDY OF DISTRICT CHINIOT, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad Maann ◽  
Izhar Ahmad Khan ◽  
Syed Asif Ali Naqvi ◽  
R. M. Amir
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Small Farm ◽  
Socio Economic Impact
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