The initial impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on household incomes [0.03%]
COVID-19初期冲击及其政策应对对企业收入的影响
Mike Brewer,Laura Gardiner
Mike Brewer
As soon as the scale of the coronavirus shock to the economy became clear, the UK government introduced three policies to protect directly household incomes: a Job Retention Scheme, to pay the wages of employees who were temporarily furloug...
Julia Giese,Andy Haldane
Julia Giese
This paper compares and contrasts the resilience of the financial system, in particular banks, during the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19. We show that banks are now part of the solution, rather than part of the problem, thanks to regu...
A workable strategy for COVID-19 testing: stratified periodic testing rather than universal random testing [0.03%]
一种可行的新冠肺炎检测策略：分层定期检测而非全民随机检测
Matthew Cleevely,Daniel Susskind,David Vines et al.
Matthew Cleevely et al.
This paper argues for the regular testing of people in groups that are more likely to be exposed to SARS-CoV-2, to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and resume economic activity. We call this 'stratified periodic testing'. It is 'stratified' as...
After the lockdown: macroeconomic adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情后非洲的宏观经济调整政策
Christopher Adam,Mark Henstridge,Stevan Lee
Christopher Adam
The COVID-19 pandemic is ripping around most of the world, but not in Africa; at least, not yet. At the same time, the policy response is remarkably uniform: most of sub-Saharan Africa went into lockdown from the second week in March. What ...
Ken Mayhew,Paul Anand
Ken Mayhew
This article considers policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis as they affect the labour market, how these policies are evolving and some of the design issues they face. The concentration is on the UK, but other countries are also discussed...
COVID-19 and the Future of Microfinance: Evidence and Insights from Pakistan [0.03%]
新冠疫情下的微贷发展：巴基斯坦的证据和启示
Kashif Malik,Muhammad Meki,Jonathan Morduch et al.
Kashif Malik et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens lives and livelihoods, and, with that, has created immediate challenges for institutions that serve affected communities. We focus on implications for local microfinance institutions in Pakistan, a country wi...
Daniel Susskind,David Vines
Daniel Susskind
The COVID-19 pandemic has created both a medical crisis and an economic crisis. As others have noted, we face challenges just as big as those in the Spanish Flu Pandemic and the Great Depression-all at once. The tasks facing policy-makers a...
Michael P Devereux,İrem Güçeri,Martin Simmler et al.
Michael P Devereux et al.
We analyse discretionary fiscal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. We distinguish policies for three phases of the pandemic: (1) acute overall disruption, (2) initial recovery phase and (3) the longer term. We analyse measures already take...
Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? [0.03%]
各国政府会抓住机会将新冠肺炎疫情财政救助计划与气候目标相契合吗？
Cameron Hepburn,Brian O&#x;Callaghan,Nicholas Stern et al.
Cameron Hepburn et al.
The COVID-19 crisis is likely to have dramatic consequences for progress on climate change. Imminent fiscal recovery packages could entrench or partly displace the current fossil-fuel-intensive economic system. Here, we survey 231 central b...
From Low-Skilled to Key Workers: The Implications of Emergencies for Immigration Policy [0.03%]
从低技能到关键岗位工作人员：突发事件对移民政策的影响
Mariña Fernández-Reino,Madeleine Sumption,Carlos Vargas-Silva
Mariña Fernández-Reino
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased public awareness of the extent to which the economy relies on a low-wage workforce. Many of those lower-waged occupations that have been recognised as essential in the emergency are heavily dependent on m...