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Effects of COVID-19 Shutdowns on Domestic Violence in the U.S
Chen, Yutong; Miller, Amalia R.; Segal, Carmit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This chapter examines the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on domestic violence (DV) in the United States. Despite … violence 911 calls and a decrease in DV crime reports. In theory, this divergence can come from either higher DV reporting …
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Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in Los Angeles
Miller, Amalia R. - 2020
Around the world, policymakers and news reports have warned that domestic violence (DV) could increase as a result of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482287
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Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Advance Preparations for Future Pandemics
Glennerster, Rachel; Snyder, Christopher M.; Tan, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic is estimated to have caused over 7 million deaths and reduced economic output by over $13 trillion to date. While vaccines were developed and deployed with unprecedented speed, pre-pandemic investments could have accelerated their widespread introduction, saving millions of...
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Expanding Capacity for Vaccines Against Covid-19 and Future Pandemics : A Review of Economic Issues
Athey, Susan; Castillo, Juan Camilo; Chaudhuri, Esha; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We review economic arguments for using public policy to accelerate vaccine supply during a pandemic. Rapidly vaccinating a large share of the global population helps avoid economic, mortality, and social losses, which in the case of Covid-19 mounted into trillions of dollars. However,...
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Reduces Crime and Violence over 10 Years : Experimental Evidence
Blattman, Christopher; Chaskel, Sebastian; Jamison, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In most societies, a small number of people commit the most serious violence. Short-term studies have shown that … violence, especially when policymakers are searching for alternatives to aggressive policing and incarceration …
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Fighting Abuse with Prescription Tracking : Mandatory Drug Monitoring and Intimate Partner Violence
Dave, Dhaval; Erten, Bilge; Hummel, David W.; Keskin, Pinar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
aimed at reducing the over-prescribing of opioids on women's wellbeing by examining its effects on intimate partner violence … burden of the opioid epidemic …
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COVID-19 and Crime : Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Domestic Violence
Bullinger, Lindsey Rose - 2020
by police, and arrests made relating to domestic violence. We find that the SAH order announcement increased time spent … at home, leading to a decrease in total calls for police service, but a subsequent increase in domestic violence …-related calls for police service. Effects are larger in areas with a high proportion of renters. These effects for domestic violence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481215
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Browsers Don't Lie? Gender Differences in the Effects of the Indian COVID-19 Lockdown on Digital Activity and Time Use
Miller, Amalia R.; Ramdas, Kamalini; Sungu, Alp - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We measure the impact of the initial Indian national COVID-19 lockdown on digital activity using browser histories of 1,094 individuals, spanning over 31.5 million website visits on computers and mobile devices. Reflecting the predicted increase in the value of online activity, both men and...
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The 2021 Paycheck Protection Program Reboot : Loan Disbursement to Employer and Nonemployer Businesses in Minority Communities
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Was the $278 billion reboot of the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early 2021 disbursed equitably to minority communities? This paper provides the first analysis of how PPP funds were disbursed to minority communities in the third and final round of the program, which was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938701
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The Intergenerational Mortality Tradeoff of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies
Ma, Lin; Shapira, Gil; De Walque, Damien; Đỗ-Quý-Toàn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In lower-income countries, the economic contractions that accompany lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 can increase child mortality, counteracting the mortality reductions achieved by the lockdown. To formalize and quantify this effect, we build a macro-susceptible-infected-recovered...
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