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The importance of existing social protection programs for mental health in pandemic times
Cho, Yoonyoung; Molina, Teresa - 2024
When it comes to mental health, do social protection programs matter more in times of crisis? Using panel data from the …
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Gimme shelter : social distancing and income support in times of pandemic
Aminjonov, Ulugbek; Bargain, Olivier; Bernard, Tanguy - 2021
Strict containment limits the spread of pandemics but is difficult to achieve when people must continue to work to avoid poverty. A new role is emerging for income support: by enabling people to effectively stay home, it can produce substantial health externalities. We examine this issue using...
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The impact of social assistance programmes in a pandemic : evidence from Kenya
Strupat, Christoph; Rukundo, Emmanuel Nshakira - 2022
suggest that, during a systematic crisis such as a pandemic, pre-existing social assistance schemes can deliver positive …
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When to Release the Lockdown? A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits
Layard, Richard - 2020
It is politicians who have to decide when to release the lockdown, and in what way. In doing so, they have to balance many considerations (as with any decision). Often the different considerations appear incommensurable so that only the roughest of judgements can be made. For example, in the...
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India’s COVID-19 Episode : Resilience, Response, Impact and Lessons
Ganguly, Dibyasree; Misra, Sheuli; Goli, Srinivas - 2021
Despite the commonality of loss of lives, every pandemic has played a role in shaping the socio-economic and public health outcomes depending on the nature and the magnitude of the outbreak. In this study, we have attempted to make a preliminary assessment of COVID-19 impact on India and...
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COVID-19 government responses to labour market disruptions and economic impacts: the New Zealand model
Maani, Sholeh A. - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic caused major shifts in the operation and fortunes of several industries within New Zealand, including an immediate impact on the workforce. In this setting, the combined epidemiological and economic responses of the government, businesses and the general public played a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793085
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When to release the lockdown? : a wellbeing framework for analysing costs and benefits
Layard, Peter R. G.; Clark, Andrew E.; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel - 2020
It is politicians who have to decide when to release the lockdown, and in what way. In doing so, they have to balance many considerations (as with any decision). Often the different considerations appear incommensurable so that only the roughest of judgements can be made. For example, in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207440
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COVID-19 Government Responses to Labour Market Disruptions and Economic Impacts : The New Zealand Model
Maani, Sholeh A. - 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic caused major shifts in the operation and fortunes of several industries within New Zealand, including an immediate impact on the workforce. In this setting, the combined epidemiological and economic responses of the government, businesses and the general public played a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083981
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Does Trust in Government Improve COVID-19’s Crisis Management?
Apeti, Ablam Estel - 2021
measures. Drawing on this observation, this paper seeks to analyze the effect of pre-crisis ties, particularly trust in … government, on crisis management, proxied by the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths per million population. We examine this … government predicts better crisis management in terms of relatively low levels of cases and deaths. These results, which …
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India after the End of COVID-19 Lockdown
Dhamija, Vridhi - 2020
A pandemic is kind of a once in a life time low probability situation. But currently we are in this once in a life time low probability situation which is spreading rapidly. This report will talk about the effect on the India after the end of the coronavirus lockdown This paper will identify the...
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