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37 publications found, searching for 'COVID-19 '

• Strategic Analysis
  October 06, 2020

  When Will Italy Recover?

  Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Francesco Zezza
  Abstract

  Italy was the first European country to be impacted by COVID-19, rapidly overwhelming healthcare facilities in some areas and prompting the government to shut down nonessential economic activities, with an…more

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• Working Paper No. 968
  September 14, 2020

  The COVID-19 Crisis

  Leonardo Burlamaqui and Ernani T. Torres Filho
  Abstract

  The COVID-19 crisis paralyzed huge parts of the planet in weeks. It not only infected the population but injected a gargantuan dose of uncertainty into the system. In that regard,…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 153
  September 04, 2020

  Multidimensional Inequality and COVID-19 in Brazil

  Laura Carvalho, Luiza Nassif Pires, and Eduardo Rawet
  Abstract

  After spending over 6 percent of GDP responding to the COVID-19 crisis, Brazil has suffered among the worst per capita numbers in the world in terms of cases and deaths….more

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• Working Paper No. 963
  July 16, 2020

  The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Job Losses among Black Women in the United States

  Thomas Masterson, Michelle Holder, and Janelle Jones
  Abstract

  The COVID-19 pandemic seemingly appeared out of nowhere but changed nearly everything. As the pandemic unfolded, industries deemed nonessential were leveled. Many occupations in these industries are low-wage, and women…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 151
  June 16, 2020

  Crisis, Austerity, and Fiscal Expenditure in Greece

  Michalis Nikiforos
  Abstract

  This policy brief provides a discussion of the relationships between austerity, Greece’s macroeconomic performance, debt sustainability, and the provision of healthcare and other social services over the last decade. It…more

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• Policy Note No. 4
  May 05, 2020

  Guaranteeing Employment during the Pandemic and Beyond

  Pavlina R. Tcherneva
  Abstract

  The ongoing job losses, already numbering in the tens of millions, and the mass unemployment that will remain once the COVID-19 crisis has passed are of our own making, argues…more

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• Policy Note No. 3
  April 20, 2020

  Immigration Policy Undermines the US Pandemic Response

  Martha Tepepa
  Abstract

  Research Scholar Martha Tepepa explains how the US response to the COVID-19 crisis will be hindered by its approach to immigration policy. The administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration campaign creates a…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 149
  April 14, 2020

  Pandemic of Inequality

  Thomas Masterson, Michalis Nikiforos, Fernando Rios-Avila, Luiza Nassif Pires, and Laura de Lima Xavier
  Abstract

  The costs of the COVID-19 pandemic—in terms of both the health risks and economic burdens—will be borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable segments of US society. In this public policy…more

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• Working Paper No. 950
  April 08, 2020

  Public Charge in the Time of Coronavirus

  Martha Tepepa
  Abstract

  The United States government recently passed legislation and stabilization packages to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak by providing paid sick leave, tax credits, and free virus…more

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• Policy Note No. 2
  April 03, 2020

  Stabilizing State and Local Budgets through the Pandemic and Beyond

  Alex Williams
  Abstract

  The federal government appears to have abandoned the idea of a coordinated public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the entirety to state and local governments. Meanwhile, the economic…more

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• Policy Note No. 1
  March 19, 2020

  When Two Minskyan Processes Meet a Large Shock

  Michalis Nikiforos
  Abstract

  The spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) is a major shock for the US and global economies. Research Scholar Michalis Nikiforos explains that we cannot fully understand the economic implications…more

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• One-Pager No. 62
  March 13, 2020

  The Economic Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic

  L. Randall Wray and Yeva Nersisyan
  Abstract

  As the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads across the United States, it has become clear that, in addition to the public health response (which has been far less than adequate), an economic…more

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• One-Pager No. 61
  March 10, 2020

  A Global Slowdown Will Test US Corporate Fragility

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

  The rapidly growing uncertainty about the potential global fallout from an emerging pandemic is occurring against a background in which there is evidence US corporate sector balance sheets are significantly…more

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