The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Informal Sector Migrants in Rural East Java- Indonesia

• Autores: Wildan Syafitri, Silvi Asna Prestianawati, Gio Alpri Naldi
• Localización: International Journal of Professional Business Review: Int. J. Prof.Bus. Rev., ISSN 2525-3654, ISSN-e 2525-3654, Vol. 7, Nº. 4, 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.26668/businessreview/2022.v7i4.e566
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  • Purpose: This research aims to find out impact of Covid-19 pandemic on migrant workers in the informal sector in rural areas   Theoretical framework: According to (Guadagno, 2020) the worst affected strata of the society from Covid-19 are informal migrant workers who are highly dependent on the existence of transactions in the market caused by social mobility. Sohel, (2021) founds that on the impact of Covid-19 on informal migrant workers in Bangladesh through a qualitative method found that a government program called Lockdown had an impact on sector migrant workers informal loss of income and employment during the program is run.

      Design/methodology/approach: This research is a descriptive quantitative approach which the research was conducted by collecting data from a population sample and then analyzing by statistical methods used and then interpreted.

      Findings: The results of this research indicated that the influence of each factor, income change, working hours, pre-employment cards and other work on not working due to the covid-19 pandemic have a significant effect towards migrant worker in the informal sector in rural areas.

      Research, Practical & Social implications: This research may be used for the government to strengthen the quality of international labor policy in Indonesia.

      Originality/value:  this research focuses on informal sector migrant workers who come from rural areas. This research is expected to be a reference for policymakers in determining policy directions to reduce the spread and risk of the Covid-19 pandemic while still paying attention to the welfare level of informal sector migrant workers in rural areas.

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