Coronavirus lockdown to hit low-paid, young and women hardest, warns IFS
by Sarah Butler from on (#51RE3)
Low earners seven times more likely to work in sectors worst hit by shutdown, study finds
The low-paid, young people and women are likely to be the hardest hit by the coronavirus shutdown of businesses including restaurants, hotels, pubs, retailers and transport services.
Low earners are seven times as likely as high earners to work in a business sector that has shut down, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The body's analysis found a third of the bottom 10% of earners worked in the worst-hit sectors, against one in 20 (5%) of those in the top 10%.
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