This study explores the mechanisms explaining the large, persistent effect of the 10-day funding delay in the 2020 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on employment recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, as estimated by Doniger and Kay (2021). We find that the top 1 percent of urban counties by...

Vorwort -- Mensch und Seuche -- Entwicklung der Pandemie in Deutschland -- Strategien gegen das Virus -- Die Reaktion des Staates -- Die Wirtschaft handelt -- Arbeitswelt verändert sich -- Schule und Bildung – die Krise verschärft sich -- Die Kultur kommt unter die Räder --...

Full days worked at home account for 28 percent of paid workdays among Americans 20-64 years old, as of mid 2023, according to the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes. That's about four times the 2019 rate and ten times the rate in the mid-1990s that we estimate in time-use data. We...