Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Colombian labour market: Disentangling the effect of sector-specific mobility restrictions [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情对哥伦比亚劳动力市场的影响：分解部门特定流动性限制的影响
Leonardo Fabio Morales,Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía,Jose Pulido et al.
Leonardo Fabio Morales et al.
We assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and particularly the sector-specific mobility restrictions on the Colombian labour market. We exploit the sectoral and temporal variation of the restriction policies to identify their effect. Mo...
M Alper Çenesiz,Luís Guimarães
M Alper Çenesiz
Using a simple economic model in which social distancing reduces contagion, we study the implications of waning immunity for the epidemiological dynamics and social activity. If immunity wanes, we find that COVID-19 likely becomes endemic a...
Quantifying the economic impacts of COVID-19 policy responses on Canada's provinces in (almost) real time [0.03%]
定量分析新冠肺炎疫情应对措施对加拿大各省经济的影响（近乎实时）
Christopher Cotton,Bahman Kashi,Huw Lloyd-Ellis et al.
Christopher Cotton et al.
We develop a methodology to track and quantify the economic impacts of lockdown and reopening policies by Canadian provinces in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, using data that is available with a relatively short time lag. To do so, we a...
The short-term economic consequences of COVID-19: Occupation tasks and mental health in Canada [0.03%]
新冠疫情的短期经济影响：加拿大各类职业的任务与心理健康
Louis-Philippe Beland,Abel Brodeur,Derek Mikola et al.
Louis-Philippe Beland et al.
In this paper, we study the effect of COVID-19 on the labour market and reported mental health of Canadians. To better understand the effect of the pandemic on the labour market, we build indexes for whether workers: (i) are relatively more...
Anand Chopra,Michael B Devereux,Amartya Lahiri
Anand Chopra
We outline a macro-pandemic model where individuals can select into working from home or in the market. Market work increases the risk of infection. Occupations differ in the ease of substitution between market and home work and in the risk...
Pierre-Loup Beauregard,Marie Connolly,Catherine Haeck et al.
Pierre-Loup Beauregard et al.
In this paper, we exploit the geographical pattern of primary school reopenings during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada to estimate the impact of school reopenings on parental employment and work hours. We use a triple-difference approach, i...
Debt-relief programs and money left on the table: Evidence from Canada's response to COVID-19 [0.03%]
债务减免计划和未兑现的资金：来自加拿大对COVID-19的应对的证据
Jason Allen,Robert Clark,Shaoteng Li et al.
Jason Allen et al.
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of debt-relief programs targeting short-run household liquidity constraints implemented in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These programs allowed individuals to push off mortgage and credit...
The double impact of deep social unrest and a pandemic: Evidence from Chile [0.03%]
深层次社会动荡和大流行病的双重影响——来自智利的证据
Carlos Madeira
Carlos Madeira
This work studies the impact of the Social Explosion and COVID-19 crisis on the household sector in Chile. The Social Explosion in October 2019 represented a mass protest, much larger than similar events in other nations such as the yellow ...
Miguel Casares,Paul Gomme,Hashmat Khan
Miguel Casares
To study the efficacy of the public policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we develop a model of the rich interactions between epidemiology and socioeconomic choices. Preferences feature a "fear of death" that lead individuals to reduce ...
Paul Gomme
Paul Gomme
COVID-related government outlays will increase the level of government debt. A macroeconomic model, calibrated to the US, quantitatively assesses potential responses to this higher debt. In terms of economic welfare, reducing debt through c...