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Divided we survive? : multi-level governance and policy uncertainty during the first wave of Covid-19

Angelici, Marta; Berta, Paolo; Costa-Font, Joan; … - 2021

We compare health system responses to the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain. In both countries, healthcare is managed at the regional level, but the central government behaved differently in the uncertainty surrounding the first wave, leaving more autonomy to regional...

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Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown : "a still and dry pandemic for the many"?

Celidoni, Martina; Costa-Font, Joan; Salmasi, Luca - 2023

Unexpected mobility disruptions during lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 became 'tipping points' with the potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on alcohol consumption. We document two findings using...

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Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown : "a still and dry pandemic for the many"?

Celidoni, Martina; Costa-Font, Joan; Salmasi, Luca - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014309623

The "welcomed lockdown" hypothesis : when do mobility restrictions influence mental wellbeing?

Costa-Font, Joan; Knapp, Martin; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and its mobility restrictions have been an external shock, influencing wellbeing. However, does risk exposure affect the welfare effect of lockdowns? This paper examines the 'welcomed lockdown' hypothesis, namely the extent to which there is a level of risk where mobility...

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Does the expansion of public long-term care funding affect savings behaviour?

Costa-Font, Joan; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina - 2016

of long-term care subsidies on savings is far from clear. In this paper we take advantage of a policy intervention to … study the effect on savings and savings behaviour of the progressive introduction of a public long-term care subsidy … Spanish old-age dependants to obtain care support, and was orthogonal to household savings. We draw on a difference …

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The Welfare Effects of Time Reallocation : Evidence from Daylight Saving Time

Costa-Font, Joan; Fleche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2021

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is currently implemented by more than seventy countries, yet we do not have a clear knowledge of how it affects individuals’ welfare. Using a regression discontinuity design combined with a differences-in-differences approach, we find that the Spring DST causes a...

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The welfare effects of time reallocation: evidence from Daylight Saving Time

Costa-Font, Joan; Fleche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2021

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is currently implemented by more than seventy countries, yet we do not have a clear knowledge of how it affects individuals' welfare. Using a regression discontinuity design combined with a differences-in-differences approach, we find that the Spring DST causes a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592983

The welfare effects of time reallocation : evidence from daylight saving time

Costa-Font, Joan; Fleche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597854

Caring for Carers? The Effect of Public Subsidies on the Wellbeing of Unpaid Carers

Costa-Font, Joan; D'Amico, Francesco; Vilaplana Prieto, … - 2022

We study the effect of long-term care (LTC) subsidies and supports on the wellbeing of unpaid caregivers. We draw on evidence from a policy intervention, that universalized previously means-tested caregiving supports in Scotland, known as free personal care (FPC). We document causal evidence of...

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Thinking of Incentivizing Care? The Effect of Demand Subsidies on Informal Caregiving and Intergenerational Transfers

Costa-Font, Joan - 2017

We show that demand side cash subsidies to care recipients alter both caregiving and intergenerational transfer decisions. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment referring to the inception of a universal caregiving allowance (in 2007 and its reduction in 2012). We find a caregiving subsidy (of a...

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