Analysing gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Job Search Behaviour

This brief discusses the job search behaviour of job seekers and employers during COVID-19, using the Job Talash platform

Abstract

COVID-19 has triggered unemployment worldwide; evidence suggests that there will be significant divergence in the recovery between developing and developed countries (ILO 2021). In order to speed up recovery, better data is needed to understand the differential impact of COVID-19. This project builds on a job matching platform, Job Talash, created by researchers at the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan, which generates data on job postings and applications for over 10,000 jobseekers and 1,200 firms. Using the Job Talash platform, this brief discusses the job search behaviour of job seekers and employers during COVID-19, allowing us to document the impact and recovery from COVID-19.

This is an output of the Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme

Citation

Vyborny, K., Farrukh, A., Rukh Khan, L., Mirza, F. and Khan, H. (2023). “Analysing gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Job Search Behaviour”. G2LM LIC Policy Brief No. 55.

Analysing gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Job Search Behaviour

Published 30 November 2022