Covid 19 and Post Impact on the Earnings of Daily Wage Workers: A Study in the South Salmara Mankachar District of Assam
Author : Dr. Abu Jafor
Abstract :
The corona virus pandemic has reached almost every country in the world. There is no way to tell exactly what the economic damage from the global coronavirus pandemic will be. The coronavirus pandemic is having a serious impact on the living conditions of the people who belong to the daily wage workers. Many people have lost their jobs or seen their income cut. Covid induced lockdown has severely impacted the lives and livelihoods of workers in the informal sector, especially daily wage earners. The pandemic had manifold impacts on migrants who depend on daily wages to survive and support their families. These migrants typically work as wage laborers in shops, eateries, factories, transport services and different business establishments. The shutdown of these industries due to the lockdown left migrants without any income, which made it difficult for them to pay for food or rent. Millions of job have been lost permanently and have dampened consumption. The pandemic has brought severe economic hardship especially to young individuals who are over represented in informal work. India has a large share of young people in its workforce and the pandemic has put them at heightened risk of long term unemployment. This has negative impact on lifelong earnings and employment prospects. (Machin and Manning 1999). The present paper aims to study the impact of covid 19 pandemic on the standard of living of the daily wage workers in South Salmara Mankachar district of Assam. This paper based on both primary data and secondary data collected from different published and unpublished sources and appropriate statistical tools and techniques will be employed for analysis.
Keywords :
Covid 19, daily wage workers, pandemic, employment, informal sector, Assam
