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This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …
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transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … for Vietnam. We employ difference-in-differences econometric models to estimate the causal effects of the lockdown, using … rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havocs on economies around the world. Yet, barely any evidence currently exists on the distributional impacts of the pandemic. We provide the first study that offers new theoretical and empirical evidence on the distributional impacts of the pandemic on...
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The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economies and has led to income loss and high unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings, and job loss in a multi-country setting. We...
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Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on air quality. We offer the first study that provides cross-national evidence on the causal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. We assemble a rich database consisting of daily,...
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Despite a growing literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, scant evidence currently exists on its impacts on air quality. We offer the first study that provides cross-national evidence on the causal impacts of COVID-19 on air pollution. We assemble a rich database consisting of daily,...
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transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … for Vietnam. We employ difference-in-differences econometric models to estimate the causal effects of the lockdown, using … rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment …
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