Policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak must strike a balance between maintaining essential supply chains and limiting the spread of the…
This paper utilizes a peculiar ecological phenomenon, the mass emergence of cicadas
in 13 and 17-year cycles, to identify the impact of…
During health crises, like COVID-19, individuals are inundated with messages promoting health-preserving behavior. Does additional light-…
The label of “essential worker” reflects society’s needs but does not mean that society has compensated those workers for additional risks…
In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, international testing efforts tended to target individuals whose symptoms and/or jobs placed…
The partial economic shutdown that began in mid-March 2020, along with additional nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social…
In addition to its impact on public health, COVID-19 has had a major impact on the economy. To shed light on how COVID-19 is affecting…
This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists…