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Supply chain reliability and international economic growth : impacts of disruptions like COVID-19

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Goel, Srishti S. - 2020

the challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis. This paper uses data over a recent decade for more than 130 nations to …

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The impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment : first evidence from April 2020 CPS microdata

Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020

COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...

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What policies address both the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis?

Engström, Gustav; Gars, Johan; Jaakkola, Niko; … - 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has led many countries to initiate unprecedented economic recovery packages. Policymakers … tackling the coronavirus crisis have also been encouraged to prioritize policies which help mitigate a second, looming crisis …: climate change. We identify and analyze policies that combat both the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis. We analyze …

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Demand for COVID-19 antibody testing, and why it should be free

Garcia, Marta Serra; Szech, Nora - 2020

We study individual demand for COVID-19 antibody tests in an incentivized study on a representative sample of the US population. Almost 2,000 participants trade off obtaining an at-home test kit against money. At prices close to zero, 80 percent of individuals want the test. However, this broad...

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The social cost of contacts : theory and evidence for the COVID-19

Quaas, Martin F.; Meya, Jasper; Schenk, Hanna; Bos, Björn - 2020

Building on the epidemiological SIR model we present an economic model with heterogeneous individuals deriving utility from social contacts creating infection risks. Focusing on social distancing of individuals susceptible to an infection we theoretically analyze the gap between private and...

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A synthetic control method analysis of schools opening and Covid-19 outbreak in Italy

Alfano, Vincenzo; Ercolano, Salvatore; Cicatiello, Lorenzo - 2020

Schools have been very central in the debate about COVID-19. On one hand, there have been many supporters of the argument to keep them open, for their importance for the youngsters, and for the effort many countries played in establishing protocols to keep them safe. On the other hand, a...

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Inequality in the impact of the Coronavirus shock : evidence from real time surveys

Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020

We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...

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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021

drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US …

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Covid-19 and capital flows : the responses of investors to the responses of governments

Goldbach, Stefan; Nitsch, Volker - 2021

This paper examines the effect of national government response measures to Covid-19 on German international capital flows. Analyzing highly disaggregated monthly data from the German balance of payments statistics over the period from January 2019 through January 2021, we find that bilateral...

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The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners: the first three months after social-distancing restrictions

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020

Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...

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