We measure the impact of the initial Indian national COVID-19 lockdown on digital activity using browser histories of 1 … lockdown. However, men's browsing increased by significantly more, causing gender gaps overall and in key browsing categories … lockdown. Our primary findings therefore shed new light on determinants of digital time use, while also highlighting the …

while minimizing the negative effects of lockdown strategies on businesses and children …

districts with the strictest lockdown rules. We find similarly large increases in cybercrime complaints. Interestingly, rape and … important role in the reporting and incidence of domestic violence during the lockdown …

-triggered lockdown that has hampered people's physical interactions hence the ability to collect, process, and transmit soft information …. Exploiting the cross- sectional and time-series variations of lockdown, we investigate how the difficulty to use soft information … show that lockdown reduces fund investment in proximate stocks and generates a portfolio rebalancing toward distant stocks …