On-the-Job Search and Discouragement during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda
(2022) EKHS42 20221Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Given the widespread underemployment in Africa, on-the-job search represents a key channel through which individuals seek better employment oppor- tunities that value their skills and competences. However, empirical research on the determinants of on-the-job search has almost exclusively been conducted in advanced economies. The study aims to identify the determinants of on-the-job search among disadvantaged workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal greater discouragement in the period following the two COVID-19 total lock- downs, as employed job seekers revise their reservation wages downwards in 2022. Women are more likely to refrain from on-the-job search during the COVID-19 crisis due to the higher search... (More)
- Given the widespread underemployment in Africa, on-the-job search represents a key channel through which individuals seek better employment oppor- tunities that value their skills and competences. However, empirical research on the determinants of on-the-job search has almost exclusively been conducted in advanced economies. The study aims to identify the determinants of on-the-job search among disadvantaged workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal greater discouragement in the period following the two COVID-19 total lock- downs, as employed job seekers revise their reservation wages downwards in 2022. Women are more likely to refrain from on-the-job search during the COVID-19 crisis due to the higher search costs they incur, possibly owing to gender discrimination in the Ugandan labor market. (Less)
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- Spadini, Elena LU
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- EKHS42 20221
- year
- 2022
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- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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- English
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- 9096007
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@misc{9096007, abstract = {{Given the widespread underemployment in Africa, on-the-job search represents a key channel through which individuals seek better employment oppor- tunities that value their skills and competences. However, empirical research on the determinants of on-the-job search has almost exclusively been conducted in advanced economies. The study aims to identify the determinants of on-the-job search among disadvantaged workers in Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings reveal greater discouragement in the period following the two COVID-19 total lock- downs, as employed job seekers revise their reservation wages downwards in 2022. Women are more likely to refrain from on-the-job search during the COVID-19 crisis due to the higher search costs they incur, possibly owing to gender discrimination in the Ugandan labor market.}}, author = {{Spadini, Elena}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{On-the-Job Search and Discouragement during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda}}, year = {{2022}}, }