In this paper, we provide causal evidence of the impact of stringent lockdown policies on labour market outcomes at …-in-differences design, we find that the three-week lockdown had a large and significant immediate negative impact on employment in the … control districts had narrowed four months after the lockdown was lifted, we detect a persistent nationwide impact on labour …

testing and vaccination, policy response also varied from harsh implementation of lockdown during the initial phase to limp …

fixedeffect regressions, I find that an additional month of lockdown reduced per capita income by 8.3 per cent in Viet Nam …

India may influence COVID-19's impact through the differential impact of lockdown policies across caste and religious groups …, as well as across states and urban-rural areas. In so doing, we build upon Egger et al. (2020)'s lockdown readiness index … pronounced horizontal inequality, but also because it adopted an especially stringent lockdown policy. Our analysis illustrates …

We leverage staggered implementation of lockdown across Chile's 346 municipalities, identifying dynamic impacts on … domestic violence. Using administrative data, we find lockdown imposition increases indicators of distress related to domestic … impacts partially differentiated by lockdown status. Once lockdown is lifted, police reports surge but we see a ratchet effect …

data from 2019 for 30 sub-Saharan African countries. We create a multidimensional index of lockdown readiness based on … that just 6.8 per cent of households overall and 12.2 per cent in urban areas meet all conditions for a lockdown. We … interventions. As such, strict lockdown policies may not only be difficult to enforce, but also heighten the risks of conflict. …