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The Association of Opening K-12 Schools and Colleges with the Spread of COVID-19 in the United States : County-Level Panel Data Analysis
Chernozhukov, Victor; Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Schrimpf, Paul - 2021
This paper empirically examines how the opening of K-12 schools and colleges is associated with the spread of COVID-19 using county-level panel data in the United States. Using data on foot traffic and K-12 school opening plans, we analyze how an increase in visits to schools and opening schools...
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Can Peer Mentoring Improve Online Teaching Effectiveness? An RCT During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2021
Online delivery of higher education has taken center stage but is fraught with issues of student self-organization. We conducted an RCT to study the effects of remote peer mentoring at a German university that switched to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mentors and mentees met...
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Isolating the 'Tech' from EdTech : Experimental Evidence on Computer Assisted Learning in China
Ma, Yue - 2020
even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because … of the coronavirus pandemic. Studies of CAL interventions have consistently found large positive effects, bolstering … the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837682
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Tutoring in (Online) Higher Education : Experimental Evidence
Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2022
Demand for personalized online tutoring in higher education is growing but there is little research on its effectiveness. We conducted an RCT offering remote peer tutoring in micro- and macroeconomics at a German university teaching online due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small...
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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus : Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists
Avery, Christopher - 2020
This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that have been … influential in recent policy discussions. It notes potentially important features of the real- world environment that the standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833728
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The Global Effects of COVID-19-Induced Uncertainty
Caggiano, Giovanni - 2020
We estimate a three-variate VAR using proxies of global financial uncertainty, the global financial cycle, and world … outbreak. We predict the cumulative loss in world output one year after the uncertainty shock due to Covid-19 to be about 14% …
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Globalization in the Time of COVID-19
Sforza, Alessandro - 2020
of the disruption in production that started in China and then quickly spread across the world. We find that the COVID-19 … shock has a considerable impact on most economies in the world, especially when a share of the labor force is quarantined …
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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 43 countries imply flu-related deaths in 1918-1920 of 39 million, 2 ….0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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COVID-19 Outbreak, Social Response, and Early Economic Effects : A Global VAR Analysis of Cross-Country Interdependencies
Milani, Fabio - 2020
explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in … social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824578
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824831