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37 publications found, searching for 'COVID-19 '

• Working Paper No. 1096
  October 07, 2025

  Gender Norms and Women’s Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from India

  Amit Basole, M. K. Shravan, and R. Vijayamba
  Abstract

  We examine the role of household-level social norms regarding women’s mobility in determining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s employment. The shock of the pandemic containment measures, such…more

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• Working Paper No. 1064
  December 06, 2024

  Seismic Shifts in Economic Theory and Policy from the Bernanke Doctrine to Modern Money Theory

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva and Éric Tymoigne
  Abstract

  Originally issued as EDI Working Paper No. 08, 2022  This paper evaluates the relationship between monetary and fiscal policy and the relative effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilization through the lens of…more

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• Working Paper No. 1059
  November 26, 2024

  Three Lessons from Government Spending and the Post-Pandemic Recovery

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  Originally issued as EDI Working Paper No. 01, 2021 The central lesson of the COVID-19 fiscal response is that money is not scarce. Without delay, governments around the world appropriated…more

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• Policy Note No. 2024/2
  November 04, 2024

  Inflation

  Edward Lane
  Abstract

  Edward Lane surveys some of the main potential contributors to the recent period of elevated inflation rates in the US economy—focusing on supply disruptions, inflation-adjusted consumer spending, and consumer spending…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  February 15, 2024

  Greece: Time to Reduce the Dependency on Imports

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Nikolaos Rodousakis, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, and Gennaro Zezza
  Abstract

  In this report, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Nikolaos Rodousakis, Giuliano T. Yajima, and Gennaro Zezza investigate the determinants of the recent performance of the Greek economy. Despite geopolitical instability from the…more

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• One-Pager No. 71
  December 14, 2023

  Has the Time Arrived for a Job Guarantee in Europe?

  Rania Antonopoulos
  Abstract

  In comparison to the policy responses in the aftermath of the 2008–9 global financial crisis, the reactions of EU policymakers to the combined shocks of the COVID-19 crisis and Ukraine-Russia…more

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• Policy Note No. 2023/4
  August 23, 2023

  Effects of Forced Formalization (Demonetization) in the Indian Economy 

  Nischal Dhungel
  Abstract

  Nischal Dhungel examines the impact of India’s demonetization experiment—an effort at “forced formalization” of the economy. He urges a more organic approach to formalization, pairing efforts to bring the unbanked…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  July 20, 2023

  Will the US Debt Ceiling Deal Derail the Pandemic Recovery?

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, Michalis Nikiforos, and Giuliano Toshiro Yajima
  Abstract

  In this Strategic Analysis, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Michalis Nikiforos, Giuliano T. Yajima, and Gennaro Zezza discuss how the current state and structural features of the US economy might affect its…more

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• Policy Note No. 2023/1
  May 01, 2023

  Greece: Higher GDP Growth at What Cost?

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Giuliano Toshiro Yajima
  Abstract

  In 2022, Greek GDP grew at a higher rate than the eurozone average as the nation’s economy rebounded from the COVID-19 shock. However, it was not all welcome news. In…more

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• One-Pager
  December 07, 2022

  The Causes of Pandemic Inflation

  L. Randall Wray
  Abstract

  While the trigger for the Covid recession was unusual—a collapse of the supply side that produced a drop in demand—the inflation the US economy is now facing is not atypical,…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  October 13, 2022

  Ελλάδα: Ανάκαμψη, ή μια νέα Ύφεση;

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Nikolaos Rodousakis
  Abstract

  Σε αυτή τη στρατηγική ανάλυση, ο Πρόεδρος του Ινστιτούτου Δημήτρης Παπαδημητρίου, ο ερευνητής Gennaro Zezza και ο επιστημονικός συνεργάτης Νίκος Ροδουσάκης αναλύουν τις μεσοπρόθεσμες προοπτικές για την ελληνική οικονομία, σε…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  October 13, 2022

  Greece: Recovery, or Another Recession?

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Nikolaos Rodousakis
  Abstract

  In this strategic analysis, Institute President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Senior Scholar Gennaro Zezza, and Research Associate Nikolaos Rodousakis discuss the medium-term prospects for the Greek economy in a time of…more

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• Working Paper No. 1010
  September 06, 2022

  Reflections on Angela Merkel’s Career as Chancellor of Germany and the Greek Financial Odyssey

  George Zestos, Harrison Whittleton, and Alejandro Fernandez-Ribas
  Abstract

  Angela Merkel is the second-longest-serving chancellor of modern Germany, with more than 16 years in office. During her tenure there were many years of economic stability, but there were also…more

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• Working Paper No. 1003
  March 04, 2022

  What’s Causing Accelerating Inflation

  L. Randall Wray and Yeva Nersisyan
  Abstract

  This paper examines the recent increase of the measured inflation rate to assess the degree to which the acceleration is due to problems created (largely on the supply side) by…more

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• Working Paper No. 1002
  February 04, 2022

  COVID-19 and Fiscal-Monetary Policy Coordination

  Lekha S. Chakraborty and Harikrishnan S
  Abstract

  Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper analyzes the economic stimulus packages announced by the Indian national government and tries to identify some plausible fiscal and monetary policy…more

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• Working Paper No. 999
  January 18, 2022

  Structural Change, Productive Development, and Capital Flows

  Alberto Botta, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, and Gabriel Porcile
  Abstract

  The outbreak of COVID-19 brought back to the forefront the crucial importance of structural change and productive development for economic resilience to economic shocks. Several recent contributions have already stressed…more

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• Policy Note No. 2021/4
  November 10, 2021

  A Recovery for Whom?

  Nikolaos Rodousakis, Vlassis Missos, and George Soklis
  Abstract

  The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed multiple risks faced by economies whose production structures depend on the volatility of international conditions. In the case of Greece, this has manifested itself in…more

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• Strategic Analysis
  June 17, 2021

  The Pandemic, the Stimulus, and the Future Prospects for the US Economy

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Michalis Nikiforos
  Abstract

  In this report, Institute President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Research Scholars Michalis Nikiforos and Gennaro Zezza analyze how the US economy was affected by the pandemic and its prospects for…more

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• Policy Note No. 2021/3
  June 08, 2021

  Why President Biden Should Eliminate Corporate Taxes to Build Back Better

  L. Randall Wray and Edward Lane
  Abstract

  Edward Lane and L. Randall Wray explain how federal taxes on corporate profits are not well suited to either containing inflationary pressures or reducing inequality. They are not only a…more

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• Policy Note No. 2021/2
  May 13, 2021

  Gender and Race in the Spotlight during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Luiza Nassif Pires, Luísa Cardoso, and Ana Luíza Matos de Oliveira
  Abstract

  Research Scholar Luiza Nassif-Pires, Luísa Cardoso, and Ana Luíza Matos de Oliveira analyze the importance of the “emergency benefit” (Auxílio Emergencial) in containing the increase in poverty and extreme poverty…more

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• One-Pager No. 65
  February 17, 2021

  COVID Relief and the Inflation Warriors

  L. Randall Wray and Yeva Nersisyan
  Abstract

  With the unveiling of President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion proposal for addressing the COVID-19 crisis, Democrats appear keen to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Great Recession—most notably the inadequate…more

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• Working Paper No. 981
  January 19, 2021

  What Jobs Should a Public Job Guarantee Provide?

  Daniel Haim
  Abstract

  The job guarantee is a viable policy option for tackling both unemployment and underemployment. Hyman P. Minsky was one of the seminal writers on this subject. The first part of…more

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• Working Paper No. 978
  November 16, 2020

  Potential Impact of Daycare Closures on Parental Child Caregiving in Turkey

  Ebru Kongar and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Daycares closed on March 16, 2020 in Turkey to prevent the spread of COVID-19. At the same time, the two most common nonparental childcare arrangements in Turkey—care of children by…more

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• Policy Note No. 6
  October 15, 2020

  Alternative Macro Policy Response for a Pandemic Recession

  Jan Kregel
  Abstract

  As COVID-19 infection and test positivity rates rise in the United States and federal stimulus plans expire, Senior Scholar Jan Kregel articulates an alternative approach to analyzing the economic problems…more

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