exogenous shock. Specifically, we focus on the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We … pandemic was of a similar magnitude as that of the GFC, and the spatial pattern was also quite similar. We link the social … years before each of the two periods. To identify urban characteristics that point to economic resilience, we formulate …

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 …

The recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major declines in employment of women, both from the demand …, incorporates special features anticipated to be of importance in the pandemic, including the degree to which negative aggregate … shocks occur to pandemic-specific industries, whether the impact of shocks varies by telecommuting occupation, and how the …

In this paper, we shed light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market, and how they have evolved … varied, and not always consistently, between Blacks and Hispanics. Statewide business closures and other restrictions on …

caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true: unemployment is higher among women. In this paper, we analyze the … suggests that a pandemic recession will i) feature a strong transmission from employment to aggregate demand due to diminished …

pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … 2020, the pandemic (and the observed private and policy responses) has generated at least 68 million additional poverty …

Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on …

the county level, as well as potentially confounding weather conditions and the regional stage of the pandemic.We find …

The public health measures implemented by governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will produce … spread of the pandemic that might easily spill over to other countries. A supranational, coordinated health and fiscal policy …