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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...
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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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As a way of slowing COVID-19 transmission, many countries and U.S. states implemented shelter-in-place (SIP) policies. However, the effects of SIP policies on public health are a priori ambiguous as they might have unintended adverse effects on health. The effect of SIP policies on COVID-19...
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their governors and legislators made many of their own pandemic policy choices to mitigate the damage from the virus. States …This study is an expanded and updated version of an October 2020 report card of how pandemic health, economy, and … variables: health outcomes, economic performance throughout the pandemic, and impact on education …
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented policy responses and a large literature evaluating their impacts. This …
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How might COVID-19 affect human capital and wellbeing in the long run? The COVID-19 pandemic has already imposed a … crises offer closer analogues to COVID-19 in each of its key dimensions--as a global pandemic, as a global recession … Pandemic) and historical recessions (with a focus on the Great Depression). We conclude by discussing how past crises can …
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This paper addresses the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing timely and accurate information on the … impact of the current pandemic on income and poverty to inform the targeting of resources to those most affected and assess … income and consumption that have been used much more broadly. Our results indicate that at the start of the pandemic …
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has called for swift action by governments, often involving the adoption of restrictive measures such as lockdowns. In this context, leaders have faced a trade-off between imposing stringent measures to limit the contagion, and minimizing the costs on their national...
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Violence against women is a problem worldwide, with economic costs ranging from 1-4% of global GDP. Using variation in the intensity of government-mandated lock-downs in India, we show that domestic violence complaints increase 0.47 SD in districts with the strictest lockdown rules. We find...
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We consider several economic uncertainty indicators for the US and UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: implied … emerge. First, all indicators show huge uncertainty jumps in reaction to the pandemic and its economic fallout. Indeed, most …
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