COVID-19对加拿大的自雇工人的短期影响
Louis-Philippe Beland1, Oluwatobi Fakorede1, Derek Mikola1
1Department of Economics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
Canadian public policy. Analyse de politiques
|April 17, 2024
概括
从2020年2月到5月,COVID-19大流行大大减少了加拿大的企业所有权,不成比例地影响了妇女,移民和受教育程度较低的人. 艺术,文化和销售等行业的自雇者数量下降最快.
科学领域:
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 劳动研究 劳动研究
背景情况:
- 2019年冠状病毒疾病 (COVID-19) 的爆发在全球范围内带来了前所未有的经济挑战.
- 自雇人士,通常是小企业主,特别容易受到经济冲击的影响.
- 了解对这一人口群体的直接影响对于政策和支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 记录COVID-19对加拿大自雇人士的短期影响.
- 确定受企业所有权下降影响最大的人口和职业群体.
- 量化疫情初期企业所有权和总工作时间的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自加拿大劳动力调查的数据.
- 分析了2020年2月至5月期间企业所有权 (合并和非合并) 的变化.
- 在人口群体和职业类别中检查了所有权和总数小时的变化.
主要成果:
- 商业所有权的显著下降被观察到:注册实体为-14.8%,非注册实体为-10.1%.
- 妇女,移民和受教育程度较低的个人经历了所有权和总工作时间的大幅减少.
- 降幅最大的职业类别包括艺术,文化和娱乐 (-14.8%),教育,法律和社会服务 (-13.6%),以及销售和服务职业 (-12.8%).
结论:
- COVID-19大流行的初期阶段导致了加拿大自雇者的显著收缩.
- 影响的差异很明显,特定的人口和职业群体面临更大的损失.
- 调查结果强调了在经济危机期间小企业主和特定工人群体的脆弱性.
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