Government income and housing interventions during the COVID pandemic had demonstrable benefits in reducing the growth of homelessness. Comparisons of projected versus actual growth in Los Angeles County from 2020 to 2022 validate the benefit of these interventions.This report offers three types...

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment — its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary...

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of...

In May 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and Other Benefits (PIP Framework). The PIP Framework’s adoption ended years of difficult negotiations, which began after Indonesia...

In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in America has increased dramatically. Though it has attracted less attention, the demographic composition of the American population also changed during this period. We decompose the increase in the average body mass index of the American population...

The present coronavirus crisis caused major worldwide disruption which has not been experienced for decades. The lockdown-based crisis management was implemented by nearly all the countries, and studies confirming lockdown effectiveness can be found alongside with the studies questioning it. In...

As COVID-19 has spread all over the world, it is having a serious impact on the global economy. Since there are yet great uncertainties regarding the ultimate duration and scope of its proliferation, it is difficult to forecast the magnitude of its impact. In this regard, investigating previous...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be quite uncertain across the globe. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all countries in the world face severe and big health and economic issues. The nations are trying to overcome its impact on their economies. The pandemic has affected production,...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries have resorted to self-adaptive mechanisms that allow non-pharmaceutical interventions to be tailored to local epidemiological and health care indicators. These mechanisms reinforce the interdependence between containment measures and the evolution...

Since a future pandemic similar to COVID-19 is not a question of whether will happen, but when it will happen. The impact of next pandemic will be determined by how well-prepared countries are when it occurs at any time with little warning, and how countries timely respond. In this context, a...