RECOVR Research Projects

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This page lists research projects that are being developed by IPA and others. Our goal is to document active studies taking place on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts—and results, as they come in—in order to inform researchers and decision-makers working to mitigate the crisis. As this is a public good, the hub contains both IPA and non-IPA studies. Inclusion criteria for the hub can be found here, and new projects and questionnaires can be submitted here.

Contributing Partners

60 Decibels
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
BRAC Institute of Governance & Development
Center for Effective Global Action
Center for Global Development
Global Poverty Research Lab
IDinsight
International Growth Centre
Yale Research Initiative on Innovative & Scale

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COVID-19 and Crimes Against Women: Evidence from Mexico

<p>This paper considers whether the COVID-19 stay-at-home order affected crimes targeting women.We use national municipal-level crime data from Mexico’s National Public Security System, which reports sexual crimes, lapses in alimony, domestic violence, and femicides.We track monthly changes in crime using an event-study design.Our results show three main patterns.First, lapses in alimony, sexual crimes, and domestic violence follow a U-shaped trend.Each crime declined and then rose back to their pre-COVID levels.Second, femicides, the most violent crime against women, remained constant during the pandemic.</p>
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Country Mexico
Program Area Health & Nutrition Peace & Recovery
Type

Descriptive / Surveillance

The impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods and food security in rural Liberia

<p>How does the outbreak of COVID-19 affect livelihoods and food security in rural Liberia? COVID-19 is not only a direct threat to health but has also disrupted domestic food supply chains, food production and formal and informal labour income in many developing countries.In an earlier study, researchers&nbsp;compared the impact of large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) on livelihoods, i.e.consumption, assets and employment, in 73 villages by interviewing more than 2,000 inhabitants in LSAI-affected and matched control villages near two palm oil investment areas in rural Liberia.</p>
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Country Liberia
Program Area Agriculture Social Protection
Type

Quasi-experimental Analysis

Great Lockdown vs. Great Recession: Is This Time Different for the Labor Market?

<p>The study uses administrative data for 35 million private-sector jobs in Mexico to investigate the differences between the Great Lockdown (GL) and the Great Recession (GR).Using an event-study design, researchers&nbsp;observe that the GL produced more loss of employment than the GR.The researchers&nbsp;then document five heterogeneous facts.First, men and women were similarly affected by each crisis.Second, both recessions impacted the youngest workers (15 to 29 years old), but the GL also negatively impacted those over 60 years.</p>
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Country Mexico
Program Area Financial Inclusion
Type

Descriptive / Surveillance

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