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Timing is everything when fighting a pandemic: COVID-19 mortality in Spain
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Borra, Cristina; Rivera … - 2020
In an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe adopted social distancing measures. Previous studies have relied on the geographical and temporal variation in the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs...
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Spillovers and long-run effects of messages on tax compliance: experimental evidence from Peru
Castro, Juan Francisco; Velásquez, Daniel; Beltrán … - 2020
We carry out a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of three different types of messages sent to taxpayers on their compliance with the rental income tax (direct effect) and the spillovers produced on payments related to the capital gains and the self-employment income taxes. One...
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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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Did the Wisconsin Supreme Court restart a COVID-19 epidemic? : evidence from a natural experiment
Dave, Dhaval; Friedson, Andrew; Matsuzawa, Kyutaro; … - 2020
, the current study exploits a unique natural experiment generated by a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision. On May 13, 2020 …
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When do shelter-in-place orders fight COVID-19 best? : policy heterogeneity across states and adoption time
Dave, Dhaval; Friedson, Andrew; Matsuzawa, Kyutaro; … - 2020
, 2020, 40 states and the District of Columbia adopted SIPOs. This study explores the impact of SIPOs on health, with … in the rate at which state residents remained in their homes full-time. Then, using daily state-level coronavirus case … benefits from their SIPOs. Finally, we find that statewide SIPOs were associated with a reduction in coronavirus-related deaths …
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Human capital spillovers, productivity and regional convergence in Spain
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi; Artís Ortuño, … - 2009
This paper analyses the differential impact of human capital, in terms of different levels of schooling, on regional productivity and convergence. The potential existence of geographical spillovers of human capital is also considered by applying spatial panel data techniques. The empirical...
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Labour market flexibility and regional unemployment rate dynamics : Spain 1980 - 1995
Bande Ramudo, Roberto (contributor);  … - 2007
mobility in Spain. We show that the degree of labour market flexibility differs between high and low unemployment regions, and … mobility in Spain. We show that the degree of labour market flexibility differs between high and low unemployment regions, and …
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Partial lockdown and the spread of COVID-19: lessons from the Italian case
Di Porto, Edoardo; Naticchioni, Paolo; Scrutinio, Vincenzo - 2020
This paper investigates the effect of the lockdown on COVID-19 infections. After the 22nd of March 2020, the Italian …
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Family life in lockdown
Biroli, Pietro; Bosworth, Steven; Della Giusta, Marina; … - 2020
pandemic of spring 2020. A high percentage report disruptions in the patterns of family life, manifesting in new work patterns …
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Lockdown strategies, mobility patterns and COVID-19
Askitas, Nikos; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Verheyden, … - 2020
We develop a multiple-events model and exploit within and between country variation in the timing, type and level of intensity of various non-pharmaceutical interventions to study their dynamic effects on the daily incidence of COVID-19 and on population mobility patterns across 135 countries....
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