We study productivity before and during the working from home [WFH] period of the COVID-19 pandemic, using personnel and analytics data from over 10,000 skilled professionals at a large Asian IT services company. Hours worked increased, including a rise of 18% outside normal business hours....

Introduction: While COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory system, cardiac injury and unspecific ECG-alterations were reported. J-waves are a common finding observed in 5-6% of routine ECGs. They are also linked to several cardiac pathologies including ventricular tachycardia (VT). However,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed employment situations for workers everywhere. This is especially true among people with disabilities and chronic health conditions who face greater risks in contracting COVID-19 and experience larger disadvantages within the labor market. Drawing...

Using personnel and analytics data from over 10,000 skilled professionals at a large Asian IT services company, we compare productivity before and during the work from home [WFH] period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Total hours worked increased by roughly 30%, including a rise of 18% in working...

In the decade following the financial crisis of 2008, investment funds in corporate bond markets became prominent market players and generated concerns of financial fragility. The COVID-19 crisis provides an opportunity to inspect their resilience in a major stress event. Using daily microdata,...

As the toll of COVID-19 continues to increase in many countries in the Global South, there has been a renewed push to address the problem of vaccine scarcity through a waiver of patent rights. In this piece, we explain the mechanics of patent waivers and argue that waivers alone are the wrong...

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, several Colombian entities enacted legislation intended to cope with negative effects triggered by this situation. The Colombian Ministry of Public Finance, the Colombian Tax Office, and local tax authorities issued different tax dispositions...