explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in … social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are … adjustments. Unemployment responses vary widely across countries. Unemployment is particularly responsive to health shocks in the …

industry in terms of a simple general equilibrium model that can accommodate for unemployment and underemployment. Finite …

rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …

employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment …, these policies increased unemployment by nearly 4 percentage points, but reduced COVID-19 cases by 186,600-311,000, and …

-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …

document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment …

shock for Italian firms. We take advantage of unique panel data on 7,800 companies between January 2020 {right before the … this short time window to capture the impact of firms' idiosyncratic shock. Our analysis shows disproportionate effects for …