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Decomposing poverty in hard times : Greece 2007-2016
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2020
The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all … population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the … effect of the crisis on the population shares, the mean incomes and the level of poverty of various population groups using …
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A Beveridge curve decomposition for Austria : what drives the unemployment rate?
Christl, Michael - 2019
The Austrian Beveridge curve shifted in 2014, leading to ongoing academic discussions about the reasons behind this shift. While some have argued that the shift was caused by a supply shock due to labour market liberalization, others have stated that matching efficiency decreased. Using a new...
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Online video sharing and revenues during the pandemic : evidence from musical stream data
Mourelatos, Evangelos; Mourelatos, Haris - 2022
This study examines how instant online video sharing affects artists' musical streams during the pandemic. On average, the use of the TikTok app significantly increases artists' streams, by approximately 5%. This increase is even higher for male, European and dj Mag 2020 new entry artists.
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Economic geography of contagion : a study on Covid-19 outbreak in India
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban - 2022
We propose a regional inequality-based mechanism to explain the heterogeneity in the spread of Covid-19 and test it using data from India. We argue that an area characterized by coreperiphery economic structure creates regional inequality in which the periphery remains dependent on the core for...
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Key links in network interactions : assessing route-specific travel restrictions in China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Chen, Xi; Qiu, Yun; Shi, Wei; Yu, Pei - 2022
We consider a model of network interactions where the outcome of a unit depends on the outcomes of the connected units. We determine the key network link, i.e., the network link whose removal results in the largest reduction in the aggregate outcomes, and provide a measure that quantifies the...
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COVID-19, working from home and the potential reverse brain drain
Bakalova, Irina; Berlinschi, Ruxanda; Fidrmuc, Jan; … - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has ledto a substantial increase in the prevalence of working from home among white-collar occupations. This can have important implications for the future of the workplace and quality of life. We discussan additional implication,which we label reverse brain drain:the...
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The effect of repeated lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic on UK mental health outcomes
Lindley, Joanne; Rienzo, Cinzia - 2021
This paper assesses the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown measures on the mental health of individuals in the UK, starting from the early restrictions in April 2020, and covering three subsequent lockdowns, up until March 2021. It also considers three aspects of mental health; that is 'anxiety and...
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Covid-19 vaccines, innovation, and intellectual property rights
Cozzi, Guido; Galli, Silvia - 2022
Should the intellectual property rights on the first Covid-19 vaccines be temporarily lifted in applying the Trade-Related Aspect of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) flexibility? Is it right to grant the first generation of Covid-19 vaccines a special treatment from an IPR perspective? On what...
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A tale of three countries : how did Covid-19 lockdown impact happiness?
Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments have implemented lockdown regulations to curb the spread of the virus. Though lockdowns do minimise the physical damage of the virus, there may be substantial damage to population well-being. Using a pooled dataset, this paper analyses...
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Happiness-lost : did governments make the rightdecisions to combat Covid-19?
Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020
lockdown regulations, while amid an economic crisis. We analyse the impact of both Covid-19 and the lockdown on happiness. We …
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