Socio-demographic factors associated with self-protecting behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic

NW Papageorge, MV Zahn, M Belot… - Journal of population …, 2021 - Springer
Given the role of human behavior in the spread of disease, it is vital to understand what
drives people to engage in or refrain from health-related behaviors during a pandemic. This …

Working from home in develo** countries

C Gottlieb, J Grobovšek, M Poschke, F Saltiel - European Economic Review, 2021 - Elsevier
We use worker-level data on the task content of jobs to measure the ability to work-from-
home (WFH) in develo** countries. We show that the ability to WFH is low in develo** …

The fall in income inequality during COVID-19 in four European countries

AE Clark, C d'Ambrosio, A Lepinteur - The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2021 - Springer
We here use panel data from the COME-HERE survey to track income inequality during
COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Relative inequality in equivalent household …

Mood responses associated with COVID-19 restrictions

PC Terry, RL Parsons-Smith, VR Terry - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more than half the world's population being placed in
lockdown to stem the spread of the virus. The severe restrictions imposed in many nations …

Protective measures against COVID-19 and the business strategies of the retail enterprises: Differences in gender, age, education, and income among shoppers

EN Untaru, H Han - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study sought to develop a conceptual framework to explain the influence of
protective measures adopted by the retail enterprises against the COVID-19 virus on …

[BOOK][B] What we owe each other: A new social contract for a better society

M Shafik - 2021 - degruyter.com
Whether we realize it or not, all of us participate in the social contract every day through
mutual obligations among our family, community, place of work, and fellow citizens. Caring …

Welfare resilience at the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic in a selection of European countries: Impact on public finance and household incomes

O Cantó, F Figari, CV Fiorio, S Kuypers… - Review of Income …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper assesses the impact on household incomes of the COVID‐19 pandemic and
governments' policy responses in April 2020 in four large and severely hit EU countries …

Implications of COVID-19 labour market shocks for inequality in financial wellbeing

F Botha, JP de New, SC de New, DC Ribar… - Journal of population …, 2021 - Springer
Australia's economy abruptly entered into a recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic of
2020. Related labour market shocks on Australian residents have been substantial due to …

Consumption responses to COVID-19 payments: Evidence from a natural experiment and bank account data

S Kubota, K Onishi, Y Toyama - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We document households' spending responses to a stimulus payment in Japan during the
COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the pandemic, the Japanese government launched a …

Mobility under the COVID-19 pandemic: Asymmetric effects across gender and age

F Caselli, F Grigoli, D Sandri… - IMF Economic …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Overall mobility declined during the COVID-19 pandemic because of government lockdowns
and voluntary social distancing. Yet, aggregate data mask important heterogeneous effects …