We document a reduction in police reporting of domestic violence during shelter-in-place (SIP) orders issued by city governments in March and April of 2020. Using data from 18 large U.S. city police departments, we exploit the unique timing of city-specific SIP orders to identify a decrease as...

We examine an assumed link between reducing inequality in income distribution, namely reducing the Gini coefficient on one hand, and improving public health in general and lowering the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in particular on the other hand. The Gini coefficient can be shown to...

We examine the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical government interventions (NPIs) against COVID-19. In particular, we focus on the impact of strictness and variability in government interventions on the reproduction rate (Rt) and the number of new deaths (per million of inhabitants) in five...