Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Consumption: Household Data from India

Autor: ANIRBAN SANYAL, NIRVIKAR SINGH, ROLLY KAPOOR
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Asian Development Review, Vol 40, Iss 02, Pp 211-240 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 01161105
1996-7241
0116-1105
DOI: 10.1142/S011611052350018X
Popis: We quantify the impacts on consumption expenditure and the patterns following India’s initial sudden lockdown in response to the coronavirus disease pandemic and the gradual relaxation that followed. We use household survey data from a representative Indian state, Punjab. We separate the effects between rural versus urban households, and whether the households were female headed or had daily laborers. While the urban population cut back expenditure across all categories, rural households shifted toward basic commodities and cut back more on other expenditure. Rural households that included daily-wage laborers were the most severely affected.
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