Coping strategies and inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic period: Evidence from Kenya
Study aims to estimate inequalities and wellbeing costs.
Abstract
Governments worldwide have implemented stringent lockdown measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, which has had an adverse impact on employment, affecting people’s public life, health, and wellbeing. People have witnessed job losses, cuts in wages, and a decline in their living standards and quality of life. This study aims to estimate the inequalities and wellbeing costs, demonstrating the living standards necessary to make up for people’s wage reduction or job losses. In particular, we aim to explore the coping strategies used to enhance their wellbeing compared to those of households without a coping strategy. We use food insecurity as a measure of wellbeing outcomes. The empirical analysis relies on detailed household surveys from the World Bank Microdata Library. We use seven waves of the Panel COVID-19 Rapid Response Phone Survey with Households in 2020 to 2022 in Kenya.
This research is part of the Capacity for Economic Research and Policy making in Africa (CERPA) programme.
Citation
Giovanis E and Ozdamar O. ‘Coping strategies and inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic period: Evidence from Kenya’ 2024
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Coping strategies and inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic period: Evidence from Kenya