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We study the impact of a COVID-19 relief program on compliance with confinement measures in Italy, the early epicenter … evidence that, after the introduction of the program, mobility decreased with the amount of transfers. The impact is … evidence suggests that authorities could leverage targeted relief programs to nudge compliance with emergency measures at a …
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updated our policy comparison with Sweden for the most recent data, with similar conclusions.: lower Swedish lockdown …
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population mobility patterns across 135 countries. Taking into account the contemporaneous presence of multiple interventions, we … changing population mobility patterns in a manner consistent with time-use and epidemiologically relevant considerations. We …
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population mobility patterns across 135 countries. Taking into account the contemporaneous presence of multiple interventions, we … changing population mobility patterns in a manner consistent with time-use and epidemiologically relevant considerations. We …
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substantial health externalities. We examine this issue using data on human mobility and poverty rates in 729 subnational regions … of Africa, Latin America and Asia during the first year of COVID-19. We focus on within-country differential mobility … work-related mobility significantly less in poorer regions. Emergency income support programs seem to help people to reduce …
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Monetary developments of recent decades began with much promise with inflation targeting by independent central banks; the financial crisis of 2007 ushered in a period of great monetary instability. There are lessons for a return to more stability. Central banks need to stabilize money supply...
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In Germany, measures to contain the coronavirus were relaxed in some areas at the beginning of March; in many places … receive customers again. The aim of these decisions is to allow for more economic mobility and personal contact between people …. However, the frequency of contact is a major factor influencing the rate at which the coronavirus spreads, especially since …
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social distancing imposed by lockdown policies and voluntary social distancing triggered by COVID-19 fatality rates on GDP … the fatality rate, while panel regressions show that lockdown stringency is the more important driver of growth. When …
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, people's mobility increased and it offset the direct effects of vaccination. Therefore, public health measures are still …
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