The market-reach of pandemics: Evidence from female workers in Ethiopia’s ready-made garment industry
研究新冠疫情早期埃塞俄比亚工业园成衣厂女性工人的就业变化、应对策略和福利状况，发现大量失业、返乡和粮食不安全，提示需关注大流行对低收入边缘工人的市场影响。
In a globalized world, pandemics transmit impacts through markets. We document employment changes, coping strategies, and welfare of garment factory workers in Ethiopia's largest industrial park during the early stages of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic. We field a phone survey of female workers during a two month period in which cases are rapidly rising globally, but not locally. Our data suggest significant changes in employment, high levels of migration away from urban areas to rural areas if women are no longer working, and high levels of food insecurity. These findings compel a research and policy focus on documenting and mitigating the market-reach of pandemics on low-income workers at the margins.