E2021001 2021-05-03
James Allen IV
Department of Economics and Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Patricia Freitag
Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Faustino Lessitala
Lessitala Consultoria e Servicos, Sociedade Unipessoal Limitada
Arlete Mahumane
Beira Operational Research Center, National Institute of Health, Mozambique
James Riddell IV
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School
Tanya Rosenblat
School of Information, University of Michigan
Dean Yang
Department of Economics, Ford School of Public Policy, and Population Studies Center,
University of Michigan
Hang Yu
National School of Development, Peking University
Abstract:
We conducted 3 rounds of phone interviews across 76 communities in Sofala, Manica, and Zambezia provinces of central Mozambique between July 2020 and November 2020. We find a significant number of families, including children, have taken on additional paid work and increased household food production to cope with the economic effects of the pandemic. Further, children have fallen behind in school, underscoring the multi-faceted burden COVID-19 has placed on children. Despite these hardships, households exhibit altruistic behavior to their neighbors.