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The Effect of a Major Pandemic on Risk Preferences - Evidence from Exposure to COVID-19

Graeber, Daniel; Schmidt, Ulrich; Schroeder, Carsten; … - 2020

The present paper studies the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on risk preferences. Using real-time panel data from the year before the pandemic and from the first few months of the pandemic in Germany (April to July 2020), we provide robust evidence that exposure to COVID-19 reduces individual...

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Inequality of Opportunity in Psychological Distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020

We use data from Wave 9 of UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and the April 2020 Wave of the UKHLS COVID-19 survey to compare measures of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in psychological distress, as measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the...

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Home Quarantine Guidelines : COVID 19 Panorama

Rahaman, Md. Saidur - 2020

coronavirus proceeds to advance and continuously evolve to all of the countries in the world. Affected countries are trying to …At present coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an outbreak, calls for an emergency concern for public health … ensuring early detection. With coronavirus (COVID-19) burning news, are beginning to toss around words “quarantine” with an …

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Evolution of Remittances to CAPDR Countries and Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Babii, Aleksandra; Carare, Alina; Vasilyev, Dmitry; … - 2022

Traditional models relying on standard variables like the U.S. Hispanic unemployment rate fared well in explaining remittances to CAPDR and Mexico during the pre-pandemic period. However, they fail to predict the sustained growth in remittances since June 2020, including the significant increase...

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The Politicized Pandemic : Ideological Polarization and the Behavioral Response to COVID-19

Grimalda, Gianluca; Murtin, Fabrice; Pipke, David; … - 2022

We investigate the relationship between political attitudes and prosociality in a survey of a representative sample of the U.S. population during the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that an experimental measure of prosociality correlates positively with adherence to protective...

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Variability and strictness in COVID-19 government response : a macro-regional assessment

Donadelli, Michael; Gufler, Ivan; Kizys, Renatas; … - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 6 (2022), pp. 1-25

of new deaths (per million of inhabitants) in five different world regions (G7, G20, EU28, Central America and Asia). In …

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Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic : Evidence From the 27 Brazilian States

Fracalossi de Moraes, Rodrigo; Russell, Louise B.; da … - 2022

Background: Despite substantial evidence on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), there is still limited evidence on the individual effects of different types of NPIs on social distancing, especially in low- and middle-income countries.Methods: We used panel data analysis...

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Digitalization and Resilience : Firm-Level Evidence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abidi, Nordine; Sakha, Sahra; Herradi, El - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented shock to firms with adverse consequences for existing productive capacities. At the same time, digitalization has increasingly been touted as a key pathway for mitigating economic losses from the pandemic, and we expect firms facing digital...

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The Social Scar of the Pandemic : Impacts of COVID-19 Exposure on Interpersonal Trust

Fang, Guanfu; Zhu, Ying - 2022

This paper employs a difference-in-differences strategy to examine the causal effect of exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic on interpersonal trust in China. Using a nationally representative panel survey, we find that COVID-19 exposure led to a decrease in the levels of generalized trust. We also...

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The Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines on Economic Activity

Deb, Pragyan; Furceri, Davide; Jiménez, Daniel; … - 2022

This paper empirically examines the economic effects of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts using a cross-country daily database of vaccinations and high frequency indicators of economic activity—nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, and Google mobility indices—for a sample...

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