该研究调查了家庭和微型企业如何应对Covid-19。它对孟加拉国各地约2300个微型企业进行了大规模的小组调查。在2020年7月的第一轮调查中,研究发现,平均销售额不到疫情前水平的一半,只有约60%的企业全面开放。虽然裁员并不是那么普遍,但超过80%的企业员工都面临着工作时间和工资的削减。为了评估恢复程度,第二轮调查于2021年1月进行,也就是第一次封锁八个月后。企业似乎已基本恢复;企业全面开业率达到97%。但他们仍然在销售和订单方面苦苦挣扎,销售额仍比新冠疫情前低17%,表明需求低迷。各个行业的复苏也不均衡。需要更密切接触的业务恢复速度要低得多。 Female workers were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 as they experienced lower wages and reduced employment prospects following the recovery. They also experienced worse psychological stress during the pandemic. These small and medium firms also hardly received any financial support after nine months of the announcing the initial stimulus by the government of Bangladesh, suggesting barriers to accessing such incentives.
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