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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted multiple facets of our lives and created a number of legal and ethical dilemmas. One of the greatest challenges at present is the production and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Refusing to supply COVID vaccines widely could affect millions worldwide, and...
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Background: This research explores the repercussions of the COVID-19 emergency on women’s enablement worldwide, scrutinizing data spanning 93 nations between 2019 and 2020.Methods: The investigation employs sectional data examination of various metrics pertinent to women’s empowerment,...
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impact varies with the presence of preschool and school-age children who are affected by school and child-care facility …, with the largest for married women without children in the home. But losses are greater for married women at young ages …, mothers with very young children, and for those working in COVID-impacted industries. School and child care closures increase …
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supply varies greatly by institutional context. We provide estimates of the childcare effect around age 3 of children for 7 … children, and leaves with job protection are just ending. We find less evidence of an impact in Southern EU countries, where …
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Economic and social disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis have particularly affected younger people, and therefore policy should respond with measures, programmes and initiatives targeted at this population group. Next to broader labour market and economic measures, which ultimately also...
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This perspective provides thoughts on the burgeoning interdisciplinary literature surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on both individuals and firms with a particular focus on the heterogeneity in government responses. In particular, we discuss disparities in vaccine distribution,...
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a constant threat in 2022 and is important to design …
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This paper investigates the effect of the novel coronavirus and crude oil prices on the United States (US) economic …
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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the level of democracy and fiscal-policy response to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We use a novel cross-country dataset of fiscal-policy responses with time variation. Our results suggest that more democratic...
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