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New York City is the hot spot of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. This paper merges information on the … community tells an incomplete story of how the pandemic evolved in a congested urban setting. …
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What is the response of US governors to the COVID-19 pandemic? In this research note, we explore the determinants of …
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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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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 …
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Aggressive behavior against out-group members often rises during periods of economic hardship and health pandemics. Here, we test the widespread concern that the Covid-19 crisis may fuel hostility against people from other nations or ethnic minorities. Using a controlled money-burning task, we...
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COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment rate understates employment losses. We focus on the...
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We develop a multiple-events model and exploit within and between country variation in the timing, type and level of intensity of various non-pharmaceutical interventions to study their dynamic effects on the daily incidence of COVID-19 and on population mobility patterns across 135 countries....
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difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of … pandemic significantly reduced the probability of continued active employment for previous workers in both food manufacturing …
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outcomes immediately after its outbreak, and its negative impact quickly evolved. At its peak, the pandemic reduced total …We examine the short-term impact of COVID-19 on consumption spending and labor market outcomes. Using monthly panel …
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on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping … correlates with the individual experiences of the pandemic. The analysis is based on a new global survey—'Life with Corona … effects of the pandemic go well beyond immediate health concerns, leading to important normative changes that are likely to …
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