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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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Public finance in the era of the COVID-19 crisis

Agrawal, David R.; Bütikofer, Aline - 2022 - This Version: September 2022

The COVID-19 crisis poses new policy challenges and has spurred new research agendas in public economics. In this article, we selectively reflect on how the field of public economics has been shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss several areas where more research is necessary. We highlight...

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Pandemic buying : Covid-19 and purchasing behaviour of French households

Lorey, Thierry; Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Muhammad Rashid - 2022

observe three temporal phases, namely the normal (pre-Covid-19) period, the anticipation period, and the lockdown period … first week of the preventive lockdown saw panic buying with sales jumping by 30%, followed by a more subdued growth during … the subsequent weeks of the lockdown. We found these time trends to be similar to those observed in Italy and Spain …

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Mobility under the COVID-19 pandemic : asymmetric effects across gender and age

Caselli, Francesca; Grigoli, Francesco; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2021

Overall mobility declined during the COVID-19 pandemic because of government lockdowns and voluntary social distancing. Yet, aggregate data mask important heterogeneous effects across segments of the population. Using unique mobility indicators based on anonymized and aggregate data provided by...

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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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From the lockdown to the new normal : an analysis of the limitations to individual mobility in Italy following the Covid-19 crisis

Caselli, Mauro; Fracasso, Andrea; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2020

Italy was among the first countries to introduce drastic measures to reduce mobility in order to prevent the diffusion of Covid-19. On March 9, 26 out of 111 provinces were subject to severe limitations on individual mobility between municipalities. One day later, new restrictive measures were...

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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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Perturbed nuptiality, delayed fertility : childbirth effects of Covid19

Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Muhammad Rashid - 2021

lockdown, such as that imposed in Pakistan from March 14 to May 8 2020, and the closure of marriage halls that lasted till …

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