The Economics of COVID-19: A Literature Review

A new GLO Discussion Paper surveys the emerging and rapidly growing literature on the economic consequences of COVID-19 and governmental responses, and attempts to synthetize the insights emerging from a very large number of studies.

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GLO Discussion Paper No. 601, 2020

A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19 Download PDF
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Brodeur, Abel & Gray, David & Islam, Anik & Bhuiyan, Suraiya Jabeen

GLO Fellow Abel Brodeur

Author Abstract: The goal of this piece is to survey the emerging and rapidly growing literature on the economic consequences of COVID-19 and governmental responses, and to synthetize the insights emerging from a very large number of studies. This survey (i) provides an overview of the data sets used to measure social distancing and COVID-19 cases and deaths; (ii) reviews the literature on the determinants of compliance and effectiveness of social distancing; (iii) summarizes the literature on the socio-economic consequences of COVID-19 and governmental interventions, focusing on labor, health, gender, discrimination and environmental aspects; and (iv) discusses policy proposals.

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