Assessing the Vulnerability of Armenian Temporary Labor Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This paper attempts to assess the
vulnerability of Armenian temporary international labor
migrants and their families to the labor market challenges
posed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The authors
estimate that about fifty percent of temporary labor
migrants might have been unable to leave for Russia owing to
travel restrictions. Many Armenian migrants in Russia are
likely to lose jobs because of some halts in construction
activities. Prospective migrants who were unable to leave
Armenia are more likely to be jobless based on the
employment status they had prior to departing for Russia.
This would result in reducing remittances and exposing
remittance-dependent households to precarious situations.
Targeted policies to address this new vulnerable group are
called for.
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MIGRANT; ACCESS TO SOCIAL SAFETY NETS; MIGRANT HOUSEHOLD; DESTINATION COUNTRY; SOCIAL PROTECTION; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE; SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAM; ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICE; ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM; COST OF MONEY TRANSFER; IMPACTS ON LABOR MARKETS; RISKS OF JOB LOSS; LABOR MIGRANTS; TEMPORARY LABOR MIGRATION; SEASONAL LABOR MIGRATION; LOSS OF INCOME, CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19, PANDEMIC IMPACT, SAFETY NETS, MIGRANT LABOR, LABOR MARKET, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, MONEY TRANSFER, REMITTANCES, SEASONAL MIGRATION