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The Political Scar of Epidemics
Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2020
What political legacy can we expect from the Coronavirus pandemic? Drawing evidence from past epidemics, we find that … epidemic exposure in an individual's “impressionable years” (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in … experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We …
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Revenge of the Experts : Will Covid-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?
Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Saka, Orkun - 2021
scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in … individuals with little previous training in science subjects. Finally, our evidence suggests that epidemic-induced distrust …
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Working from Home Around the World
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Barrero, Jose; Bloom, Nicholas; … - 2022
The pandemic triggered a large, lasting shift to work from home (WFH). To study this shift, we survey full-time workers who finished primary school in 27 countries as of mid 2021 and early 2022. Our cross-country comparisons control for age, gender, education, and industry and treat the U.S....
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Time Savings When Working from Home
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Barrero, Jose; Bloom, Nicholas; … - 2023
We quantify the commute time savings associated with work from home, drawing on data for 27 countries. The average daily time savings when working from home is 72 minutes in our sample. We estimate that work from home saved about two hours per week per worker in 2021 and 2022, and that it will...
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