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New Moneys under the New Normal? Bitcoin and Gold Interdependence during COVID Times

Agnese, Pablo; Thoss, Jonathan - 2021

Bitcoin in particular and so-called cryptocurrencies in general have shaken up the financial world and seem to be claiming an increasing size of the market share. These new virtual assets present investors with significant opportunities, but also with significant risks. This paper analyzes the...

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Is Large-Scale Rapid Cov-2 Testing a Substitute For Lockdowns? The Case of Tuebingen

Diederichs, Marc; Kremsner, Peter G.; Mitze, Timo; … - 2021

Various forms of contact restriction have been adopted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Only recently, rapid testing appeared as a new policy instrument. If sufficiently effective, it may serve as a substitute for contact restrictions. Against this background we evaluate the effects of a...

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Work from Home & Productivity: Evidence from Personnel & Analytics Data on IT Professionals

Gibbs, Michael; Mengel, Friederike; Siemroth, Christoph - 2021

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...

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Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices

Sanchez, Alan; Favara, Marta; Porter, Catherine - 2021

longitudinal data from a Peruvian cohort tracked from ages 8 to 26 (the Young Lives study) to analyze the profile of students …-19 crisis. We find evidence of stratification at higher education level: (a) students from the wealthiest households tend … income rewards; (b) students with higher levels of cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies tend to attend better …

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"Too Shocked to Search": The COVID-19 Shutdowns' Impact on the Search for Apprenticeships

Goller, Daniel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021

This study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first analysis of apprenticeship supply that allows us to analyse the effects of the shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic before, during and after these shutdowns by means of daily searches for vacant apprenticeships. Analysing over 10...

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Zooming to Class?: Experimental Evidence on College Students' Online Learning during COVID-19

Kofoed, Michael S.; Gebhart, Lucas; Gilmore, Dallas; … - 2021

2020, we randomized 551 West Point students in a required Introductory Economics course across twelve instructors to either … an online or in-person class. Final grades for online students dropped by 0.215 standard deviations; a result apparent in … both assignments and exams and largest for academically at-risk students. A post-course survey finds that online students …

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Parents under Stress – Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies during the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah S. - 2021

What are the effects of school and daycare facility closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parental well-being and parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative parenting behavior? To answer these questions, this study...

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The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Doorley, Karina; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2021

The gender income gap is large and well documented for many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven by differences in working patterns between men and women, but also by wage differences. The tax-benefit system cushions the gender income gap by redistributing between men and...

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The Design of Disease Maps Shapes Perceptions of Threat and Public Policy Preferences

Engel, Claudia; Rodden, Jonathan; Tabellini, Marco - 2021

Choropleth disease maps have become the main tool for communicating information about the geography of health threats to the public. These maps have the potential to shape perceptions of threat, preferences about policy, and perhaps even behavior, but they are unfortunately often poorly designed...

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affects Job Stress of Rural Teachers

Li, Haizheng; Liu, Qinyi; Ma, Mingyu - 2021

This study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected teachers' job-specific stresses and their enthusiasm for the teaching occupation. We use unique data from China that cover the periods before and after the start of the pandemic and apply difference-in-differences type methods. We...

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