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Belot, Michèle; Choi, Syngjoo; Jamison, Julian C.; … - 2020

This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan … race. The data were collected in the third week of April 2020. The data set could be used for multiple purposes, including … implemented in their countries. The data is publicly available. …

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Optimal unemployment benefits in the pandemic

Mitman, Kurt; Rabinovich, Stanislav - 2020

How should unemployment benefits vary in response to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? We answer this question by computing the optimal unemployment insurance response to the COVID-induced recession.We compare the optimal policy to the provisions under the CARES Act-which...

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Should contact bans be lifted in Germany? : a quantitative prediction of its effects

Donsimoni, Jean Roch; Glawion, René; Plachter, Bodo; … - 2020

Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of COVID19 if RSC were upheld after April 20. We employ these findings and feed them into our...

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Trust in the time of corona

Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N.; Justino, Patricia; … - 2020

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 not just public health and the economy but also...

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The distributional impacts of early employment losses from COVID-19

Cho, Seung Jin; Winters, John V. - 2020

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment rate understates employment losses. We focus on the...

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Failing to pull together: South Africa's troubled response to COVID-19

Naudé, Wim; Cameron, Martin - 2020

a smart and flexible lockdown, based on data, testing, decentralization, demographics and appropriate economic support …

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COVID-19 employment status impacts on food sector workers

Cho, Seung Jin; Lee, Jun Yeong; Winters, John V. - 2020

Food production and distribution is essential for human well-being, but the food sector has experienced a number of difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of persons recently employed in the U.S. food sector with...

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