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Political polarization in the USA makes it difficult to unite the country in times of crisis, as opposed to other countries where polarization has decreased, says Matt Gentzkow.

As a result of the COVID pandemic, young male workers at small firms could see earnings losses of 8% to 9%, while older women at large firms might see little or no change [...]

SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru shares insight on some of the ways that private-equity firms purchasing a company can sometimes lead to layoffs.

Pandemic-related shutdowns in China led to reductions in pollution that saved the lives of many children and elderly adults, according to an analysis done by Marshall Burke.

A new initiative has been launched to urge universities and companies to free up intellectual property (IP) to spur development of treatments and cures for Covid-19.

Marshall Burke estimated that, in China alone, emission reductions since the start of the pandemic saved the lives of at least 1,400 children under five and 51,700 adults over 70.

"Speeding the development of vaccines and effective drug therapies by vastly increasing the rewards for businesses would decisively limit the economic damage," says Hanno Lustig.

"Now that the Cares Act is law, policy makers need to find ways to impose restrictions on how the money is deployed," says SIEPR Senior Fellow Amit Seru.

“The epidemiology studies imply severe economic damage in the form of additional loss of human life (to which I assign high economic damage),” observed Darrell Duffie.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom shares some tips on how to effectively share a workspace with your roommate or partner.

"In China, just two months of reduced pollution is likely to have saved the lives of 4,000 children under the age of 5 and 73,000 adults over the age of 70," says Marshall Burke.

Due to coronavirus, many children have lost much of the educational structure that a classroom would normally provide. SIEPR Senior Fellow Eric Hanushek shares his thoughts [...]

“This is really going to be a recession unlike anything we have ever seen before,” said Mark Duggan, who is both the director of SIEPR and a SIEPR Senior Fellow.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Ed Lazear discusses the need for liquidity, relief for small businesses, and potential recovery rate.

"There is no reason that the federal government should spend upward of $50 billion to bail out airlines [...]"

"The US must take steps to limit job-destroying regulations and avert growth-sapping tax increases – before it’s too late," says SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor.

An open letter drafted by ��ɫ��Ӱ professors says the coronavirus stimulus package should benefit workers — not corporations and their wealthy shareholders.

As the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, SIEPR experts are providing analysis, research & ideas meant to inform the decisions being made today [...]

“Right now, the country’s frozen,” said Anat Admati, a SIEPR Senior Fellow. "Policymakers have to decide what’s really best for society."

"We don’t know the true infection rate in the U.S. Antibody testing of representative samples to measure disease prevalence (including the recovered) is crucial."