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income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognised, both at the academic and political level, that focusing … purely on income provides a limited picture of social progress. We illustrate how ex-ante policy evaluation can be performed … in terms of richer concepts of individual well-being, such as subjective life satisfaction and equivalent incomes. Our …
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Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19...
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income increased. The impact evaluation of the 'Rice for the Poor' program reveals that the program enabled beneficiaries to …
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We use survey data on an opt-in panel of around 2,500 US small businesses to assess the impact of COVID-19. We find a significant negative sales impact that peaked in Quarter 2 of 2020, with an average loss of 29% in sales. The large negative impact masks significant heterogeneity, with over 40%...
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