This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR … cold. Testing reduces the time of uncertainty. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to age. Younger people are less … policy responses in terms of testing, confinements, and selective mixing by age group. …

of COVID-19 infections is revealed. A significant positive correlation between infections and testing is shown by the …

associated with higher testing rates. Our findings point to a number of key community determinants of people's willingness to … related to greater testing. …

-validation criteria. Third, we use data on Google searches during the COVID-19 pandemic to predict changes in aggregate fertility rates in … declines in fertility due to COVID-19. This finding is consistent with elevated caseloads of COVID-19 in low-income and …

France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries. This paper offers a novel … migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …

fertility decisions in France, both for the first and for the third child. As an example, an unconditional child benefit with a …There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household … female participation and fertility, using individual data from the French Labor Force Survey and a fairly detailed …

The UK is 'locked down' because of coronavirus (COVID-19). No clear exit strategy currently exists. This paper suggests …