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Disconnected : the unequal impact of online learning on minority students

Gershoni, Naomi; Stryjan, Miri - 2026

Online instruction holds the promise of expanding access to education for disadvantaged groups, yet it often deepens existing performance gaps. This study examines its impact on highstakes exam outcomes, focusing on mechanisms driving differential effects for minority students. We leverage rich...

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Identifying spatial regimes of economic fragility through spatially constrained clustering : evidence from Italian municipalities

Chiodin, Alessio; Manera, Matteo; Maranzano, Paolo; … - 2026

The COVID-19 pandemic generated highly heterogeneous economic effects across territories, reflecting differences in local production structures and spatial organization. This paper examines the geography of short-run economic fragility during the first wave of the pandemic by identifying...

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Pandemic-era inflation dynamics in the euro area : the role of policy and non-policy demand and energy and non-energy supply factors

Barauskaitė Griškevičienė, Kristina; Brand, Claus; … - 2026

We analyze the sources of the pandemic-era inflation surge in the euro area using a Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) model. By applying narrative, sign, zero, and inequality restrictions, this study is the first that jointly analyzes the inflationary effects of energy and non-energy supply...

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Do vaccination-based access restriction policies curb hesitancy? : a comparison between Italy and Spain

Letta, Gabriele; Nurchis, Mario Cesare; Salmasi, Luca; … - 2026

Vaccine hesitancy is a crucial public health issue worldwide. In this paper, we evaluate the causal impact of a vaccination-based access restriction policy on vaccine uptake by exploiting the introduction of the EU Digital COVID-19 Certificate at the country level. We compare two countries,...

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Transitory shocks and consumption dynamics : pent-up demand or hand-to-mouth?

Brown, Martin; Hamoud, Mohamed; Toczynski, Jan - 2026 - This version: May 2026

We examine the recovery of U.S. consumer spending following the COVID-19 recession using monthly transaction data for over 34,000 individuals. We find limited evidence that cutbacks in spending on in-person services or durables during the recession generated pent-up demand. Instead, spending...

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Oil, gas, pandemics, and war : the drivers of inflation

Corrado, Luisa; Grassi, Stefano; Paolillo, Aldo; … - 2026

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Beyond lockdowns : work-from-home, mental health, and the moderating roles of intensity, job control and social support

Bilgrami, Anam - 2026

During and shortly after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns were expressed that working from home (WFH) was creating a 'mental health crisis'. Australia experienced a three-phase 'WFH experiment', with widespread high-intensity WFH imposed by lockdowns in 2020, deepened restrictions...

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Anchors in the storm: can emergency cash transfers protect human capital during economic crises?

Castellanos-Rodríguez, Luis Eduardo - 2026

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Income shocks, working hours, and mental health during COVID-19

Raftopoulou, Athina; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas - 2026

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Why do supply disruptions lead to inflation (while demand booms do not)? : survey evidence from the COVID pandemic

Kohler, Thomas; L'Huillier, Jean-Paul; Phelan, Gregory; … - 2026 - Original version: October 2025, this version: March 2026

Firms tend to justify price increases as necessary to cover rising costs. However, standard models imply that firms not only adjust prices to cost increases, but also to changes in spending. We present a model where, instead, there is differential adjustment depending on the type of shock. The...

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