La pandemia del COVID-19 está generando en el mundo y en América Latina una triple crisis combinada y asimétrica: sanitaria, económica y social. Por otra parte, la región presenta debilidades estructurales que generan fuertes dificultades para abordar el triple desafío de contención...

Epidemics may have social scarring effects, increasing the likelihood of social unrest. They may also have mitigating effect, suppressing unrest by dissuading social activities. Using a new monthly panel on social unrest in 130 countries, we find a positive cross-sectional relationship between...