Opening-Up Trajectories and Economic Recovery: Lessons after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic [0.03%]
重启经济之路：新冠首轮疫情后的经验教训
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt,Michael Lokshin,Iván Torre
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
This article analyses the reopening process of countries in Europe and Central Asia after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides evidence on the effects of different reopening trajectories and their timing and speed on economi...
Paola Profeta
Paola Profeta
The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected men and women worldwide. The gender dimension of COVID-19 has attracted the attention of researchers and policymakers: while women seem to be less severely hit by the virus and are more compliant with t...
Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek,Florian Keller
Benedikt Zoller-Rydzek
Based on a survey (7-13 April 2020) we evaluate the reaction of Swiss firms towards the COVID-19 crisis. Firms show little pro-active reactions towards the crisis, but decrease their business activities. The firms in the survey report that ...
Should Contact Bans Have Been Lifted More in Germany?: A Quantitative Prediction of Its Effects [0.03%]
德国应进一步放宽接触限制吗？其效果的定量预测
Jean Roch Donsimoni,René Glawion,Bodo Plachter et al.
Jean Roch Donsimoni et al.
Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of Covid-19 if RSC had been upheld after 20...
Long-run Relations between Childhood Shocks and Health in Late Adulthood-Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe [0.03%]
欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查的证据：儿童时期的冲击与晚年健康的长期关系
Nicole Halmdienst,Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Nicole Halmdienst
In this article, we address the long-run associations between childhood shocks and health in late adulthood. Applying a life-course approach and data from SHARE, we estimate direct and indirect relations of shocks like relocation, disposses...
Rising Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Public Investments in Human Capital [0.03%]
不断加剧的不平等和代际流动性：人力资本公共投资的作用
Anna Aizer
Anna Aizer
One consequence of the rise in inequality witnessed over the past 40 years is its potentially negative impact on intergenerational mobility if parents at the bottom of the income distribution invest significantly less in their children's hu...
DO FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS DECREASE POVERTY? EVIDENCE FROM PUBLIC CENSUS DATA [0.03%]
计划生育能否减少贫困？基于公共普查数据的证据
Martha J Bailey,Olga Malkova,Johannes Norling
Martha J Bailey
This paper provides new evidence that family planning programs are associated with a decrease in the share of children and adults living in poverty. Our research design exploits the county roll-out of U.S. family planning programs in the la...