estimate the size of the COVID-19-related unemployment shock to be between 2 and 5 times larger than the typical unemployment …We adopt a time series approach to investigate the historical relation between unemployment, life expectancy, and … shock, depending on race and gender, resulting in a significant increase in mortality rates and drop in life expectancy. We …

portend longer-term ramifications for job losses and economic inequality …

calibrated by the cost of March 2020 Coronavirus relief packages, the shock is forecast to lead to a cumulative loss in … disaster shock on economic activity and on uncertainty is studied using a VAR. While past natural disasters are local in nature … of large disaster shocks. Even in a fairly conservative case where COVID-19 is a 5-month shock with its magnitude …

supply shocks are possible, under some conditions. A 50% shock that hits all sectors is not the same as a 100% shock that …

distribution of business revenue shock due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We rely on it to analyze the impact of business support …

shock caused by lockdowns, the idiosyncratic demand shock suffered by sectors that rely on high contact with their costumers … distribution is imposed on the Colombian data. As the crisis deepens, the risk of unemployment grows. However, informality rebounds …