Third, this gendered pattern in pandemic-induced mental stress is partly explained by men’s employment losses, which affected wives more than husbands. Getty Images By Vikas Pandey BBC News, Delhi On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere. In the emergency room, conditions are even more cramped. Second, we document very high levels of pandemic-induced mental stress, with wives reporting greater stress than husbands. Covid-19 crisis in India: What you need to know about the cases, variants, vaccines in the second wave CNN India is spiraling deeper into Covid-19 crisis. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Morning rounds When Aggarwal begins his shift around 9 a.m., four bodies lie in one of the areas where staff are supposed to remove their protective equipment. In contrast, women did not experience any significant impact on employment post pandemic, as reported by their husbands. The history of independent India is one of political and humanitarian crisis followed by self-renewal, and the country’s eventual recovery from Covid-19 can hardly be doubted. This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India.įirst, we find that men’s employment declined by 84 percentage points post-pandemic relative to pre-pandemic, while their monthly earnings fell by 89 per cent relative to the baseline mean.
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