Were Small Businesses More Likely to Permanently Close in the Pandemic?

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid; Droboniku, Gentian

doi:10.3386/w30285

Cited by 6 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…COVID-19 has had disproportionate impacts on both workers and businesses. While the Big Five tech companies have experienced increased profits, particularly Amazon—which has benefited from the growth of online shopping (Ovide, 2021)—many small bricks and mortar businesses have suffered financial losses, and potential permanent closures, with women-owned and Black-owned businesses particularly hard hit (see Bloom et al, 2021; Fairlie, 2020; Fairlie et al, 2022).…”

Section: Economic Restructuring Againmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can we “Claim” the Workforce? A Labor-Focused Agenda for Economic Development in the Face of an Uncertain Future

Chapple

Schmahmann

2022

Economic Development Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated three trends that were already transforming economic development theory and practice. A backlash to economic restructuring and inequality, driven by globalization and technology, is now manifesting in reshoring and union movements. The resurgence of small and midsized cities, originally driven by increasing housing costs in coastal cities, has been reinforced by a rise in remote work. The uncertainty of today's complex economy is exacerbating long-term challenges of tracking economic change, making “shoot anything that flies” more important than ever. These trends highlight the need to focus economic development on building and supporting the workforce.

show abstract

Section: Economic Restructuring Againmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can we “Claim” the Workforce? A Labor-Focused Agenda for Economic Development in the Face of an Uncertain Future

Chapple

Schmahmann

2022

Economic Development Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Development of the World Trade in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemics

Horák

Machová

Mantulenko

et al. 2023

Contributions to Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Effects of covid-19 on the livelihoods of rural women in Ethiopia

Adisalem,

Asegie

2023

CABI Agric Biosci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on people’s lives and economic activities. Women are expected to bear the impact of the impact because they are over-represented in affected sectors on the front lines of the pandemic’s response. However, no empirical evidence exists to support the effect of COVID-19 on women’s economic activities in the Ethiopian context. Methods This study investigated effects of COVID-19 on economic activities of rural women in Ethiopia. Thereby, a multistage sampling procedure was employed to randomly draw 263 rural women as study participants. Data were collected through interview schedules and key informant interviews. Finally, the data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. A binary logistic regression model is used to examine factors determining the effect of COVID-19 on economic activities of women. Results According to the findings, the most affected economic activities were remittances (94.28%), small business trade (94.06%), livestock and livestock product trading (91.30%), daily labor wages (84.82%), handcraft (72.73%), and crop production (61.32%). The logit regression result shows that irrigation use reduced the impact of the pandemic, whereas relying on remittances, market distance, and being a female-headed household exacerbated the impact of the pandemic on the economic activities of rural women. Conclusion The pandemic had significant impact on rural women’s economic activities. Therefore, governmental and nongovernmental organizations should support rural women’s income-generating activities by providing revolving funds with training. Using remittances for income-generating activities would also improve the income of rural women.

show abstract

Were Small Businesses More Likely to Permanently Close in the Pandemic?

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Can we “Claim” the Workforce? A Labor-Focused Agenda for Economic Development in the Face of an Uncertain Future

Can we “Claim” the Workforce? A Labor-Focused Agenda for Economic Development in the Face of an Uncertain Future

Development of the World Trade in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemics

Effects of covid-19 on the livelihoods of rural women in Ethiopia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About