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Income Tax Policy in Europe between Two Crises : From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Myck, Michal; Trzciński, Kajetan - 2022
revenues, which could offer additional resources, in particular at a time of high inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030811
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This Time it's Different : The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession
Alon, Titan - 2020
In recent US recessions, employment losses have been much larger for men than for women. Yet, in the current recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true: unemployment is higher among women. In this paper, we analyze the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. We argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826247
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Labour Market Shocks During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Inequalities and Child Outcomes
Hupkau, Claudia; Isphording, Ingo E.; Machin, Stephen J.; … - 2021
We study the effect of negative labour market shocks borne by parents during the Covid-19 crisis on resource and time investments in children and the channels through which negative labour market shocks experienced by parents might affect children. Using data collected in the UK before and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252365
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Oil Price Shocks, Monetary Policy and Current Account Imbalances within a Currency Union
Baas, Timo - 2018
they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows … trade result in an asymmetric reaction to an otherwise symmetric shock. In this context, we show that oil price shocks can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930946
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Social Stability Challenged : Pandemics, Inequality and Policy Responses
Perugini, Cristiano - 2020
The public health measures implemented by governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will produce significant economic consequences that are likely to exacerbate social and economic inequalities. In this paper we provide a framework to analyse how income inequality, besides other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833873
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Urban Resilience and Social Security Uptake : New Zealand Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cochrane, William; Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew James - 2022
exogenous shock. Specifically, we focus on the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We …, we find that TAs had a smaller increase in social security uptake after the shock when they had previously: (3) a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078008
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The Unequal Impact of the COVID Pandemic : Theory and Evidence on Health and Economic Outcomes for Different Income Groups
Aubert, Cecile; Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022
This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081420
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The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market : Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do
Hershbein, Brad; Holzer, Harry J. - 2021
In this paper, we shed light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market, and how they have evolved over most of the year 2020. Relying primarily on microdata from the CPS and state-level data on virus caseloads, mortality, and policy restrictions, we consider a range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246039
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Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Decerf, Benoit - 2020
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826740
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Does the Covid-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on its Unintended Consequences
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2020
Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on air quality. We offer the first study that provides cross-national evidence on the causal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. We assemble a rich database consisting of daily,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828008