COVID-19
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SIEPR Director Mark Duggan spells out the need for unemployment insurance reform.
February 23, 2021
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From India and Zimbabwe to the U.S. and Mexico, a growing body of COVID-era studies indicates the need for building trust in health systems and combatting misinformation [...]
February 15, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses the pandemic鈥檚 effect on remote work, his research on the 鈥渄onut effect鈥 on city centers and more in this public radio discussion.
February 08, 2021
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New research by SIEPR's Maria Polyakova and her colleagues shows how the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been starkly uneven across race, ethnicity and geography.
February 01, 2021
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In general, staying at home mechanically slows the pandemic, but the effect of curfews are unclear as other business restrictions are already in place to reduce public interactions
January 23, 2021
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SIEPR senior fellows John Taylor and John Cogan explain in this op-ed how stimulus checks will not promote economic growth.
January 13, 2021
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom talks about "the donut effect"鈥 or shift away from city centers 鈥 & how many firms are considering the hybrid system of working from home even after the pandemic
December 30, 2020
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SIEPR's John Taylor discusses the implications of corporate migrations to Texas and says it should serve as a wake-up call to make California more business-friendly.
December 29, 2020
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Steep taxes and living costs combined with a rise in remote work are threatening California鈥檚 role as the center of tech [...]
December 20, 2020
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The pandemic's toll on California is "amplifying inequalities," says SIEPR Director Mark Duggan. "A hell of a lot of people in California are really struggling [...]
December 14, 2020
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鈥淭here will definitely be more digital nomads鈥 as remote work becomes widespread, says SIEPR senior fellow Nicholas Bloom.
December 07, 2020
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SIEPR's Nick Bloom discusses the latest signals from the Economic Policy Uncertainty index he co-developed & the current disconnect between heightened uncertainty and the S&P 500.
December 06, 2020
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As COVID-19 cases surge again, SIEPR Senior Fellow Caroline Hoxby discusses the latest unemployment numbers and stimulus proposal.
December 03, 2020
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Restaurants, gyms, cafes & other crowded indoor venues accounted for 8 in 10 new coronavirus infections in the early months of the U.S. epidemic, according to a new analysis [...]
November 10, 2020
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鈥淲e have gotten half of a bounce,鈥 SIEPR鈥檚 Nicholas Bloom says of the initial economic recovery. 鈥淭he rest of it is probably going to take another two years or longer.鈥
November 09, 2020
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"The economy is being held back by the election in the short run, and by not having a vaccine in the medium run,鈥 Senior Fellow Nick Bloom says in this article.
October 22, 2020
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Maria Polyakova & colleagues show that while COVID deaths last spring were concentrated in New York & New Jersey, the economic ravages from the pandemic extended nationwide [...]
October 21, 2020
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Zoom and gloom
Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom and colleagues predict that one-third or more of all job losses during the pandemic will be permanent.
October 08, 2020
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Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom writes in this op-ed, 鈥淔or many, working from home has been a productivity disaster."
October 07, 2020
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As the pandemic drags on in the U.S., Senior Fellow Ed Lazear discusses the S-shaped recovery ahead and gains in the employment rate in September.
October 02, 2020