A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19

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The goal of this piece is to survey the emerging and rapidly growing literature on the economic consequences of COVID-19 and government response, 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 government interventions, focusing on labor, health, gender, discrimination and environmental aspects; and (iv) discusses policy proposals.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13411

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General ; Health and Economic Development ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General
• Subject: COVID-19 ; coronavirus ; employment ; lockdowns

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Brodeur, Abel ; Gray, David M. ; Islam, Anik ; Bhuiyan, Suraiya Jabeen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223853
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET