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Labour and technology at the time of Covid-19. Can artificial intelligence mitigate the need for proximity?

Carbonero, Francesco; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2021

among sectors that were closed due to the lockdown measures as well as among sectors that remained open. We argue that …

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COVID 19 and Wage Polarization: A task based approach

Schettino, Francesco; Scicchitano, Sergio; Suppa, Domenico - 2024

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wage polarization in Italy, combining individual characteristics with their task content in terms of physical proximity within the workplace. We use an innovative dataset which combines data from two sample surveys,...

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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 … (SCHEDULE-P) - and used a quasi-experimental design to study the impact of lockdown on preschool children's mental health and … lockdown and home confinement was associated with a 3.1% increase in the percentage of children at risk for mental health …

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Drawing policy suggestions to fight Covid-19 from hardly reliable data. A machine-learning contribution on lockdowns analysis.

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Patriarca, Fabrizio - 2020

the three different national level restrictive measures: the school closure, the main lockdown and the shutdown of non …, the side effects of the main lockdown on social and economic inequalities. …

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COVID-19, Stay-at-Home Orders and Employment: Evidence from CPS Data

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020

In this paper, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID-19 and evaluate the impacts of stay-at-home orders on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force...

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Covid-19, Family Stress and Domestic Violence: Remote Work, Isolation and Bargaining Power

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Haddad, Joanne; … - 2020

We study the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic violence and family stress. Our empirical analysis relies on a unique online survey, the Canadian Perspective Survey Series, which allows us to investigate the mechanisms through which COVID-19 may affect family stress and domestic violence. We find...

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The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Mobility and Traffic Accidents: Evidence from Louisiana

Barnes, Stephen R.; Beland, Louis-Philippe; Huh, Jason; … - 2020

We use a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mobility and traffic accidents …

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Is Covid-19 "The Great Leveler"? The Critical Role of Social Identity in Lockdown-induced Job Losses

Deshpande, Ashwini; Ramachandran, Rajesh - 2020

market shocks on different caste groups. We find that while all caste groups lost jobs in the first month of the lockdown …

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Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures

Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Patriarca, Fabrizio - 2020

the effectiveness of lockdown measures. However, official data record infections after a critical and unpredictable delay … lockdown suggests a relevant announcement effect. In contrast, the last lockdown had significantly less impact. The proposed …

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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Lockdown: First Order Effects on Gender Gaps in Employment and Domestic Time Use in India

Deshpande, Ashwini - 2020

Survey (CPHS) database, this paper investigates the first effects of Covid-19 induced lockdown on employment and the gendered …,000 individuals surveyed in April 2020 (i.e. during the strict nationwide lockdown), the paper finds that overall employment, which … was relatively stable during the pre-pandemic time period, dropped sharply post-lockdown. This drop in employment was not …

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