COVID-19 and Inequality in Asia : Breaking the Vicious Cycle.

The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is having particularly adverse effects on younger workers, women and people that are more vulnerable. Pandemics have been shown to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, w...

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Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/217
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF
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