using a natural experiment in India as well as data from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Kenya …

We measure the impact of the initial Indian national COVID-19 lockdown on digital activity using browser histories of 1 … lockdown. However, men's browsing increased by significantly more, causing gender gaps overall and in key browsing categories … lockdown. Our primary findings therefore shed new light on determinants of digital time use, while also highlighting the …

What are the effects of a temporary lockdown of the economy? Do firms' deteriorating balance sheets and labor market … subsidies to firms during the lockdown. However, the effects are heterogeneous and young non-essential firms are …

policy in the current environment with widespread shelter-in-place ("lockdown") policies and the associated considerable … limits on economic activity. Using detailed regional variation in economic conditions, lockdown policies, and U.S. government …

diverse nations in the world. On May 4, 2020, India started the process of releasing its population from a national lockdown …, whereby different areas release from lockdown in potentially different gradual ways, dependent on the local progression of the … full release from lockdown starting May 4 and as full release from lockdown after a month (i.e., after May 31). The key …

districts with the strictest lockdown rules. We find similarly large increases in cybercrime complaints. Interestingly, rape and … important role in the reporting and incidence of domestic violence during the lockdown …

Recent studies demonstrate that air quality improved during the coronavirus pandemic due to the imposition of social …

simple centrality-based rules. In NYM and Daegu--with large initial shocks--the optimal lockdown restricts inflows to central …