Table 11.
Change in share of households reporting income changes since the start of the pandemic between April/May and August by direction of income change and location.
| April/May | August | Difference | April/May | August | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Farm income | ||||||
| Increased | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Stayed the same | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.13 |
| Decreased | 0.53 | 0.50 | −0.03 | 0.69 | 0.48 | −0.21 |
| Not received | 0.20 | 0.15 | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| Panel B: Non-farm income | ||||||
| Increased | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
| Stayed the same | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.09 |
| Decreased | 0.72 | 0.44 | −0.28 | 0.67 | 0.43 | −0.24 |
| Not received | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.12 |
| Panel C: Wage income | ||||||
| Increased | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Stayed the same | 0.35 | 0.53 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.15 |
| Decreased | 0.52 | 0.36 | −0.16 | 0.52 | 0.37 | −0.16 |
| Not received | 0.08 | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.08 | 0.04 | −0.04 |
Source: Authors’ calculations based on the HFPS.
Notes: The table presents the share of household reporting income changes by type of income, direction of change, and location in April/May and August. Statistics include information on Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Rep., Ethiopia, Cambodia, St. Lucia, Myanmar and Uzbekistan. For April we use a question capturing income changes since the start of the pandemic; in August, the question refers to income changes since the last wave of the survey.