TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Habimana, Olivier
AU  - Muhawenayo, Jacqueline
AU  - Heshmati, Almas
        TI  - COVID-19, Remote Work and Labor-Market Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Lessons for the Future
        PY  - 2026/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 19042
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp19042
        AB  - This systematic review examines the relationship between COVID-19, remote work and labor-market inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using a structured review of empirical studies and reports, the paper synthesizes evidence on unequal access to remote work, labor-market outcomes and their distributional consequences across workers and households. The findings show that the ability to work remotely was highly unevenly distributed. Workers with higher education, higher socioeconomic status, formal employment and occupations compatible with digital work were more likely to have access to remote work, while informal, low-skilled and contact-intensive workers faced greater constraints. These differences were reinforced by unequal access to digital infrastructure, reliable electricity, devices and suitable home-working conditions. The pandemic generated substantial and heterogeneous employment, earnings and income losses. Overall, the review shows that remote work functioned as an unequally distributed form of labor-market resilience, reflecting and potentially reinforcing existing inequalities.
        KW  - COVID-19
KW  - labor-market inequalities
KW  - remote work
KW  - Sub Saharan Africa
        ER  -