The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Arab Republic of Egypt’s economy and its people in many ways. By combining micro-simulations and imputation techniques, this paper models early impacts of the pandemic on household income and the role of cash transfers from the Government of Egypt in supporting households and workers. As expected, and consistent with other evidence, the estimates show that the pandemic shock decreased labor incomes and increased...
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2023/05/09
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10440
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1
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2023/05/09
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Disclosed
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The Role of Cash Transfers in Smoothing the Income Shock of COVID-19 in the Arab Republic of Egypt