Material and nonmaterial impacts of the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: Evidence from a low‐income country

How have COVID-19-related restrictions affected consumption levels and life satisfaction in low-income countries? We conducted phone surveys with 577 households Liberia to compare patterns across three points time: November 2019 (pre-COVID-19), May 2020 (short term), September (medium term). This article analyzes the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic related on food nonfood consumption, which we categorize as “material” welfare satisfaction, “nonmaterial” welfare. find differences between under conditions. In particular, by dependent labor markets was negatively pandemic. terms that most respondents perceived their lives worsened due