Covid-19 may deepen inter-state economic polarisation - study

A study has found deepening polarisation among the quality of jobs between more developed and less developed regions in the country - a trend that threatens to further entrench existing inter-state economic inequalities.

Launched today, the "The State of Households 2020 - Work in an Evolving Malaysia" report by the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) charted how skilled jobs continued to be concentrated in Selangor, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur...