In this paper, we provide causal evidence of the immediate and near-term impact of stringent COVID-19 lockdown policies … that the three-week lockdown had a large and significant immediate negative impact on employment in the treated districts … narrowed four months after the lockdown was lifted, we detect a persistent nationwide decline in both earnings and employment …

In this paper, we provide causal evidence of the impact of stringent lockdown policies on labour market outcomes at …-in-differences design, we find that the three-week lockdown had a large and significant immediate negative impact on employment in the … control districts had narrowed four months after the lockdown was lifted, we detect a persistent nationwide impact on labour …

Survey (CPHS) database, this paper investigates the first effects of Covid-19 induced lockdown on employment and the gendered …,000 individuals surveyed in April 2020 (i.e. during the strict nationwide lockdown), the paper finds that overall employment, which … was relatively stable during the pre-pandemic time period, dropped sharply post-lockdown. This drop in employment was not …