social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are …This paper studies the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of countries. I stress … explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in …

social distancing behavior. In the early phases of the pandemic, perceptions of coronavirus risk in most countries are …This paper studies the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of countries. I stress … explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about coronavirus risk and in …

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led state and local governments throughout New England and much of the nation to … public health concerns may extend the time needed for labor market outcomes to improve substantially. This study uses pre-pandemic … unemployment due to the pandemic vary throughout New England, and such adverse labor market effects tend to be somewhat smaller in …

link between these fluctuations and the incidence of domestic violence taking place in Uruguay. The real exchange rate is a … the models that represent household bargaining, an increase in the real exchange rate can generate an increase in the … bargaining power of men relative to that of women within the household. We present evidence that it raises the frequency of …

Wife beating, spousal abuse, domestic violence, or whatever else you want to call it, has been around for centuries …

In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using …

pure negative income effect on crime but also raises the opportunity cost of crime. This prediction is particularly … panel dataset of state- and county-level crime rates. My point estimates show that the ACA Medicaid expansion is negatively … expansion induced reduction in crime to expansion states is almost $10 billion per year …