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Income Tax Policy in Europe between Two Crises : From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Myck, Michał; Trzciński, Kajetan - 2022
We examine the revenue and redistributive effects of tax policy reforms in twelve European countries over the decade between the financial crisis and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting them against the implications of a hypothetical system reflecting the extent of fiscal drag...
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Being on the Frontline? Immigrant Workers in Europe and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Fasani, Francesco; Mazza, Jacopo - 2021
We provide a first timely assessment of the pandemic crisis impact on the labour market prospects of immigrant workers in Europe by proposing a novel measure of their exposure to employment risk. We characterize migrants' occupations along four dimensions related to the role of workers'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324320
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Interventions with Positive Side-Effects : Covid-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Infectious Diseases in Europe
Kaiser, Micha; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; … - 2021
To assess the efficacy of Covid-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on infectious disease containment in Europe, we first use weekly 2015-20 data on the spread of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to compare the 2019-20 season of these diseases with the previous five....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314829
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Determinants of the Community Mobility During the COVID-19 Epidemic : The Role of Government Regulations and Information
Mendolia, Silvia; Stavrunova, Olena; Yerokhin, Oleg - 2021
the world. The main goal of the analysis is to empirically separate voluntary reductions in mobility driven by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315220
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Immigrant Key Workers : Their Contribution to Europe's COVID-19 Response
Fasani, Francesco - 2020
Union during the COVID-19 epidemic. We quantify the prevalence of migrant workers in the so called "key professions" that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835869
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The Early Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Labour Market Outcomes of Natives and Migrants in the UK
Morando, Greta - 2022
It has been found that migrants and natives are affected differently by fluctuations in the business cycle. This paper analyses whether this is the case when considering the most recent economic downturn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. By using UK data, it finds that unemployment has...
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COVID-19 Severity : A New Approach to Quantifying Global Cases and Deaths
Millimet, Daniel L.; Parmeter, Christopher F. - 2021
Accurate counts of cases and deaths are critical for devising an optimal pandemic response. Yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, so too has the recognition that cases and deaths have been underreported, perhaps vastly so. Here, we present an econometric strategy to estimate the true...
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Industrialization Under Medieval Conditions? Global Development after Covid-19
Naudé, Wim - 2021
industrialization for the foreseeable future. If the global community fails to fix the multilateral trade system, the world may start to …Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization â … of the medieval world. It comes at a time when innovation had already been stagnating under guild-like corporate …
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Thresholds in the Process of International Financial Integration
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2009
The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....
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Telework During the Pandemic : Patterns, Challenges, and Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Ameri, Mason; Kruse, Douglas; Park, So; Rodgers, Yana; … - 2022
Population Survey over the May 2020 to April 2022 period. Prevalence and trends are analyzed using linear probability and …
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