Philippines Real Time Monitoring of COVID-19 Impacts

Job loss was experienced across all income groups • Job losses were slightly higher among the richest income quintile than the poorer ones. • This is because poorer households are more prevalently employed in agriculture, which was less affected by the COVID-19 related restrictions. Most of those in the 3rd and 4th quintile work in services sector that were able to adjust to home-based work. 30 30 25 20 20 15 10 LO 5 Job losses by income quintiles (%) 0 Poorest Quntile Q2 22 Q3 Q4 Richest Quintile Total

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