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November 23, 2020

Ingo Isphording, Nico Pestel

Pandemic meets pollution: The role of air quality for Covid-19

Higher levels of air pollution increase the number of deaths.
November 16, 2020

Leonardo Baccini, Abel Brodeur, Stephen Weymouth

How was the US presidential election affected by the Covid-19 pandemic?

Our results show that, at least in the case of Covid-19 in the US, political leaders’ (mis-)handling of negative shocks matters to voters and elections.
November 09, 2020

Terence C. Cheong, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

The impact of a Covid-19 lockdown on happiness

Economic measures must be accompanied by health and psychological interventions to support well-being and reduce mental health risks.
October 26, 2020

Robert Fairlie

The impact of Covid-19 restrictions on small businesses in the US

No group was immune to negative impacts of social distancing policy mandates and demand shifts.

The impact of Covid-19 in Spain: Juan Dolado in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh

The impact of Covid-19 in Spain: Juan Dolado in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh.

In this video, IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief Daniel S Hamermesh Juan Dolado is the leading Spanish macro-labor expert and the leading expert on labor in Spain. What economic policies has Spain adopted to cope with the Covid-19 crisis? Do short-time payments in Spain cover temporary workers during the economic crisis? Have the deaths due to Covid-19 mostly affected people of working age or non-active members of the labor market in Spain? To find out the answers to these questions and more, watch the full video.

Consult our key topic page and opinion pieces for more articles and commentaries on Covid-19, and find out more about the national responses to Covid-19 around the world.

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The impact of Covid-19 in Canada: Phil Oreopoulos in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh

The impact of Covid-19 in Canada: Phil Oreopoulos in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh.

Phil Oreopoulos is Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, Canada. During the Covid-19 crisis, the death rate in Canada has barely reached half of what it has been in the US. In this video, IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief Daniel S Hamermesh asks what has been done by the Canadian government during this crisis. What was the unemployment rate in April in Canada compared to earlier in the year? To what extent has the Covid-19 crisis affected inequality in Canada? To find out the answers to these questions and more, watch the full video.

Consult our key topic page and opinion pieces for more articles and commentaries on Covid-19, and find out more about the national responses to Covid-19 around the world.

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The impact of Covid-19 in Sweden: Helena Holmlund in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh

The impact of Covid-19 in Sweden: Helena Holmlund in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh.

In this video, IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief Daniel S Hamermesh asks if there is any one policy among the initiatives that the Swedish government has undertaken in the past couple of months that has been particularly effective in reducing the impact of Covid-19 on the economy? How has the crisis affected graduates in Sweden as well as secondary school graduates? How are high schools, colleges and universities in Sweden coping with closures? To find out the answers to these questions and more, watch the full video.

Consult our key topic page and opinion pieces for more articles and commentaries on Covid-19, and find out more about the national responses to Covid-19 around the world.

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The impact of Covid-19 in Germany: Andreas Peichl in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh

The impact of Covid-19 in Germany: Andreas Peichl in conversation with Daniel S Hamermesh.

Andreas Peichl is the leading expert on inequality in Germany as well as a distinguished researcher worldwide. In this video, IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief Daniel S Hamermesh asks how effective the policies have been in mitigating the economic effects of Covid-19 and what policy/ policies has or have been most effective? If firms have been locked down, what do the firms actually do? How has the crisis affected inequality in Germany? To find out the answers to these questions and more, watch the full video.

Consult our key topic page and opinion pieces for more articles and commentaries on Covid-19, and find out more about the national responses to Covid-19 around the world.

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