Lau, Wee Yeap and Ke, Guek Nee and Yip, Tien Ming and Wong, Rachel Mei Ming and Kamal, Khalil Anwar and Lee, Shen Ching and Carter, Stephen and Khairudin, Rozainee and Grajfoner, Dasha (2024) Socioeconomic impact and sufficiency of government financial support during COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective study. PLoS ONE, 19 (5). e0302979. ISSN 1932-6203, DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302979.
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This study examines the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sufficiency of government support. Based on an online survey with 920 respondents, the cross-tabulation and binary logistic regression results show: firstly, in terms of loss of income, male respondents are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to female counterparts, and secondly, among different categories of employment status, the self-employed respondents are the most vulnerable group, given that more than 20 percent of them experienced loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, respondents working in small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the informal sector are more likely to face loss of income as compared to respondents working in other sectors of employment. Likewise, respondents without tertiary education level are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to respondents with university certification. The baseline results highlight the insufficiency of government financial support programs based on the perspective of Malaysians from different demographic backgrounds. As a policy implication, the findings could guide the State in formulating the right policies for target groups who need more assistance than others in the community.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (55-1465-4101-5815-0-R45-0-P20GCRF7) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Economic-Impact; Influenza |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2024 03:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 03:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45217 |
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