2020/07/30 by Guangying Mo, Wendy Cukier, Akalya Atputharajah +2 · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · Social Sciences · #COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts #Employment and Welfare Studies #Migration and Labor Dynamics
paper · doi:10.3138/cpp.2020-072
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting all segments of society. This study investigates the pandemic's economic and social impacts on diverse groups in Canada, including women, immigrants, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and racialized people. Using two large online Statistics Canada surveys, which are neither random nor weighted to represent the Canadian population, we consider quantitative differences in the pandemic challenges and concerns reported by women and men, immigrants and those born in Canada, and intersectional groups, both as individuals and as the businesses they own or represent. Within the samples, individuals from diverse groups and their businesses are more negatively affected by COVID-19.