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Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: Evidence from Domestic Helpers in Urban China.
- Source :
- Frontiers of Economics in China; Dec2020, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p521-540, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper addresses the reactions of domestic helpers to the Wuhan (Hubei Province) lockdown that began on January 23, 2020. We use a novel dataset containing the information of over 40,000 Chinese domestic helpers registered on a leading professional website from November 2019 to June 2020. The results indicate a declining pattern of short-term labor supply of domestic helpers across 11 major Chinese cities, which shows an increase in the expected monthly wage of domestic helpers in these cities. More importantly, using a difference-in-difference (DID) model, this paper provides some evidence on the existence of labor market discrimination against domestic helpers born in Hubei Province due to employers' fear of infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STAY-at-home orders
LABOR supply
LABOR market
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16733444
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers of Economics in China
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 148196852
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3868/s060-011-020-0022-0