not just public health and the economy but also societies. We focus on one pillar of society - trust - and explore how … trust correlates with the individual experiences of the pandemic. The analysis is based on a new global survey - 'Life with … are unemployed exhibit lower trust in people, institutions, and in general. By contrast, no such differences exist for …

crisis and find that US states had more COVID-related deaths than EU countries. When taking account of demographic, economic ….3 % higher in a US state than in an EU country. The US/EU gap disappears when we take account of health-policy related factors … US fatalities measured either 50 or 100 days after the epidemic started in a nation/state. …

that have been selected based on a business plan competition. One group received large cash grants of up to US$8,000, with …. All firms operate in agribusiness or related activities in a semi-urban area. An assessment of the short-term impacts …

The persistence of U.S. unemployment has risen with each of the last three recessions, raising the specter that future … U.S. recessions might look more like the Eurosclerosis experience of the 1980s than traditional V-shaped recoveries of … factors include declining labor mobility, changing age structures, and the decline in trust among Americans. To determine how …

scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in … course. Combining data from a 2018 Wellcome Trust survey of more than 75,000 individuals in 138 countries with data on global … reduces trust in scientists and in the benefits of their work. We also illustrate that the decline in trust is driven by the …

This paper profiles the sick leave landscape in the US – the only industrialized country without universal access to …), a representative and comprehensive database on sick leave in the US. The two binary outcome variables measure (i) access … to paid sick leave and (ii) suppressed sick leave ("presenteeism"). Thirty-five percent of US full-time employees lack …