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Consumption response to Seoul's COVID-19 shopping coupons: evidence from consumer data
Woo, Seokjin; Aum, Sangmin; Kim, Dohyung; Moon, Heyjin; … - 2021
This study measures the extent to which Seoul's COVID-19 shopping coupon program affects individuals' consumption. Unlike other COVID-19-related transfer programs, the Seoul Metropolitan government provides consumption coupons depending on income. We quantify the causal effect of Seoul's program...
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Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during COVID-19
Giuntella, Osea; Hyde, Kelly; Saccardo, Silvia; Sadoff, … - 2020
COVID-19 has affected daily life in unprecedented ways. Using a longitudinal dataset linking biometric and survey data from several cohorts of young adults before and during the pandemic (N=685), we document large disruptions to physical activity, sleep, time use, and mental health. At the onset...
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American older adults in the time of COVID-19 : vulnerability types, aging attitudes, and emotional responses
Fu, Mingqi; Guo, Jing; Chen, Xi; Han, Boxun; Ahmed, Farooq - 2022
With 1582 respondents from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), this study investigates the heterogeneity in older adults' vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses. International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule...
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COVID-19 lockdown, home environment, lifestyles, and mental health among preschoolers in China
Zhang, Yunting; Zhao, Jin; Yu, Zhangsheng; Wang, Guanghai; … - 2024
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
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The effects of utility shutoff and eviction moratoria during the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of alternative financial services loans
Andre, Jennifer; Braga, Breno; Martinchek, Kassandra; … - 2024
To protect financially distressed families during the COVID-19 pandemic, states implemented emergency measures such as moratoria on evictions and utility shutoffs. These policies prevented utility companies from disconnecting families' energy and water and landlords from obtaining court-ordered...
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Consumption expenditures in Austria & Germany : new evidence based on transactional data
Koeniger, Winfried; Kress, Peter; Lehmann, Jonas - 2024
We analyze the novel transactional card expenditure data for Germany and Austria provided by Fable Data. We describe key features of the data in terms of the coverage of expenditure items, payment channels, and the distribution of expenditures across regions and time. We highlight strengths and...
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The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2022
-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss …
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Long COVID in the United States
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
is strongly associated with negative affect (anxiety, depression, worry and a lack of interest in things). The effect is …
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Do early episodes of depression and anxiety make homelessness more likely?
Moschion, Julie; Ours, Jan C. van - 2022
and anxiety amongst disadvantaged Australians. Using data from the Australian Journeys Home survey, we investigate whether … whether early experiences of homelessness increase the likelihood of early onset of depression or anxiety. We perform our … of depression makes a transition to homelessness more likely for both men and women. In contrast, anxiety disorders have …
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Drivers of working hours and household income dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of the Netherlands
Zimpelmann, Christian; Gaudecker, Hans-Martin von; … - 2021
Using customized panel data spanning the entire year of 2020, we analyze the dynamics of working hours and household income across different stages of the CoVid-19 pandemic. Similar to many other countries, during this period the Netherlands experienced a quick spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus,...
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