implications arising from this trust. We explore whether populations reporting low levels of confidence in the health care system … exhibit a stronger behavioral reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. We track the dynamic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic … find that societies with low levels of health care confidence initially exhibit a faster response with respect to staying …

We review the effects on the Covid-19 pandemic on inequalities in education, the labour market, household living … standards, mental health, and wealth in the UK. The pandemic has pushed up inequalities on several dimensions. School closures … and younger adults) who had poorer mental health pre-pandemic. Lockdowns and social distancing particularly reduced the …

restrictions during the recent coronavirus pandemic. We find that more globalised countries experienced a longer delay in … response to the pandemic. These findings highlight the dynamic relationship between globalisation and protectionism when …