The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The … on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping … trust correlates with the individual experiences of the pandemic. The analysis is based on a new global survey - 'Life with …

It is sometimes said that an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heightened appreciation of the importance of … individuals with little previous training in science subjects. Finally, our evidence suggests that epidemic-induced distrust …

respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced exposure to pre-pandemic international mobility causes slightly … 2009. We find that in all cases, even a draconian 50 percent reduction in pre-pandemic international mobility is associated …

We combined a natural experiment (the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020) with the tools of laboratory …

the U.S. population during the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that an experimental measure of prosociality …

What will be political legacy of the Coronavirus pandemic? We find that epidemic exposure in an individual …'s "impressionable years" (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions and leaders. We find … similar negative effects on confidence in public health systems, suggesting that the loss of confidence in political …

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify … pandemic. The mortality burden, whether estimated in lives or in years of life lost, increases sharply with GDP per capita. The … burden of the pandemic, relative to the mortality burden, is much higher for poor countries. The distribution of aggregate …

We study the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on college students' government- and market-attitudes using within …-subject comparisons of survey responses elicited before and after the onset of the pandemic. We find that support for markets … significantly declines after the onset of the pandemic, with students less likely to think markets are efficient and more likely to …