in wage disputes that were settled by final-offer arbitration in New Jersey. The paper also reports briefly on similar … agreeing not to hire lawyers is cheaper and does not appear to alter arbitration outcomes. -- prisoner's dilemma ; arbitration …

The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The …

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify …

This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …

We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage and who participates in this shift. We … exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals in 140 countries …, merging them with information on the incidence of epidemics and local 3G internet infrastructure. Epidemic exposure is …

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havocs on economies around the world. Yet, barely any evidence currently exists on …