La pandemia del COVID-19 está generando en el mundo y en América Latina una triple crisis combinada y asimétrica: sanitaria, económica y social. Por otra parte, la región presenta debilidades estructurales que generan fuertes dificultades para abordar el triple desafío de contención...

In lower-income countries, the economic contractions that accompany lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 can increase child mortality, counteracting the mortality reductions achieved by the lockdown. To formalize and quantify this effect, we build a macro-susceptible-infected-recovered...

As a way of slowing COVID-19 transmission, many countries and U.S. states implemented shelter-in-place (SIP) policies. However, the effects of SIP policies on public health are a priori ambiguous as they might have unintended adverse effects on health. The effect of SIP policies on COVID-19...

The decision of an immediate lockdown in India had put economic, social and religious activities to a grinding halt. The paper examines the impact of lockdown and social distancing policies on economic activities in India using a multivariate econometric model of the data collected for the...

Does social distancing harm innovation? We estimate the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)—policies that restrict interactions in an attempt to slow the spread of disease—on local invention. We construct a panel of issued patents and NPIs adopted by 50 large US cities during...

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns in the U.S. on Bitcoin trading volume. I find that Bitcoin investors in the U.S. became active participants during the COVID-19 pandemic period and traded more bitcoin on days with low mobility associated with lockdown mandates. These results...