This paper presents the first investigation into the economic consequences of the zero-COVID policy implemented by the Chinese government as a pilot experiment in using big data for country management from 2020 to 2022. Our study includes an original county-daily panel data set on the COVID risk...

The outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and subsequent lockdowns and school closures have caused varying degrees of academic disruptions for children. This paper exploits variation in the duration that cities were classified as medium- or high-risk areas to identify the effects of...

We study the effect of the zero-COVID policy on labor market outcomes by matching China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and the daily COVID-19 case data. By exploiting variation in the duration of the zero-COVID policy in China, which are triggered by the outbreak of new COVID-19 confirmed cases, we...