Similar Search Results

Income Tax Policy in Europe between Two Crises : From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Myck, Michał; Trzciński, Kajetan - 2022

We examine the revenue and redistributive effects of tax policy reforms in twelve European countries over the decade between the financial crisis and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting them against the implications of a hypothetical system reflecting the extent of fiscal drag...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030811

This Time it's Different : The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession

Alon, Titan - 2020

In recent US recessions, employment losses have been much larger for men than for women. Yet, in the current recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true: unemployment is higher among women. In this paper, we analyze the causes and consequences of this phenomenon. We argue...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826247

Urban Resilience and Social Security Uptake : New Zealand Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cochrane, William; Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew - 2022

This paper focuses on the spatial variation in the uptake of social security benefits following a large and detrimental exogenous shock. Specifically, we focus on the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We construct a two-period panel of 66 Territorial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078008

The Unequal Impact of the COVID Pandemic : Theory and Evidence on Health and Economic Outcomes for Different Income Groups

Aubert, Cecile; Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022

This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081420

Pandemic Depression : Covid-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

Caliendo, Marco; Graeber, Daniel; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2022

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people's mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082321

Developmental Losses in Young Children from Pre-Primary Program Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abufhele, Alejandra; Bravo, David; López Bóo, Florencia; … - 2022

The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life can be long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school closures on older children, there is currently no evidence on such losses for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083771

Gendered Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Transitioning from University to Labor Market : Evidence from Turkey

Demirel, Merve; Okten, Cagla - 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic led to unprecedented disruptions in the labor market. Turkey implemented a worker dismissal ban to mitigate the adverse effects, effective from April 2020 to June 2021. The pandemic and unveiled measures put pressure against recent university graduates' successful...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083779

From Epidemic to Pandemic : Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on High School Program Choices in Sweden

Aalto, Aino-Maija; Müller, Dagmar; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2022

We study whether the onset of the COVID-19 crisis affected the program choices of high school applicants in Sweden. Our analysis exploits the fact that the admission process consists of two stages: a preliminary round in which applicants initially rank programs in order of preference and a final...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083833

Scarring Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Italian Labour Market

Fiaschi, Davide; Tealdi, Cristina - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic raised the share of inactive individuals in 2020 in Italy, mostly at the expense of permanent and fix-term employment. We document sizable asymmetric effects across categories of individuals, defined on the basis of gender, age and geographical area. In particular, the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083837

Has the Willingness to Work Fallen During the COVID Pandemic?

Faberman, Jason; Müller, Andreas; Şahin, Ayşegül - 2022

We examine the effect of the Covid pandemic on willingness to work along both the extensive and intensive margins of labor supply. Special survey questions in the Job Search Supplement of the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) allow us to elicit information about individuals' desired work...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083852