While the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all countries, output losses vary considerably across countries. We provide a …

pandemic fades, unrest may reemerge in locations where it previously existed …

Using the U.S. Current Population Survey data, this paper compares the distributional impacts of the Pandemic Crisis … more severely affected during the Pandemic Recession. Surprisingly, teleworkable, social and essential jobs have been … teleworkable and essential jobs fell less during the Pandemic Crisis. Lastly, during both recessions, workers at low …

early phase of the pandemic. We document that European countries and U.S. states that experienced larger outbreaks also …

the epidemic's health costs. Moreover, we show that having more agents who do not change their behavior during the … pandemic could lead to a deeper recession. Second, agents are heterogeneous in developing symptoms. We show that diseases with …

A universal testing and isolation policy is the most viable way to vanquish a pandemic. Its implementation requires: (i … economic fallout of the pandemic …

The COVID-19 pandemic led many emerging market central banks to adopt, for the first time, unconventional policies in …