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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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Financial liberalization and democracy: the role of reform reversals
Campos, Nauro F.; Coricelli, Fabrizio - 2009
The relationship between economic and political liberalization has received a great deal of attention lately, yet the possibility of a nonlinear relationship and the role of reversals remain largely neglected. Focusing on democratization and financial reform, this paper offers evidence for a...
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Malaria: disease impacts and long-run income differences
Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - 2007
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes, causes over 300 million episodes of acute illness and more than one million deaths annually. Most of the deaths occur in poor countries of the tropics, and especially sub-Saharan Africa. Some...
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Should Contact Bans Be Lifted in Germany? A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects
Donsimoni, Jean Roch; Glawion, René; Plachter, Bodo; … - 2020
Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of COVID19 if RSC were upheld after April 20. We employ these findings and feed them into our...
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Six-Country Survey on COVID-19
Belot, Michèle; Choi, Syngjoo; Jamison, Julian C.; … - 2020
This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, the UK and the four largest states in the US. The information collected relates to work and living situations, income, behavior (such as social-distancing, hand-washing...
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Optimal Unemployment Benefits in the Pandemic
Mitman, Kurt; Rabinovich, Stanislav - 2020
How should unemployment benefits vary in response to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? We answer this question by computing the optimal unemployment insurance response to the COVID-induced recession.We compare the optimal policy to the provisions under the CARES Act—which...
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Voting and Political Participation in the Aftermath of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
This is the first study to examine the effect of experiencing a widespread, deadly epidemic on voting behavior. Using … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … share received by Democratic candidates. Congressional districts that bore the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic also saw …
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The Spanish Labour Market at the Crossroads: COVID-19 Meets the Megatrends
Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jimeno, Juan F. - 2020
This paper reviews the experience so far of the Spanish labour market during the Covid-19 crisis in the light of current institutions, past performance during recessions, and the policy measures adopted during the pandemic. Emphasis is placed on the role of worldwide trends in labour markets...
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Artificial Intelligence against COVID-19: An Early Review
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...
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The Case for Releasing the Young from Lockdown: A Briefing Paper for Policymakers
Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2020
The UK is 'locked down' because of coronavirus (COVID-19). No clear exit strategy currently exists. This paper suggests …
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