Following the economic impact of COVID-19
As the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, SIEPR experts are providing analysis, research and ideas meant to inform the decisions being made today by economic policymakers. Follow them here, and also on Twitter and Facebook.
AUGUST 16, 2020
sean reardon | THE philadelphia inquirer
Many private schools are planning to open in person as public schools are stuck online
AUGUST 14, 2020
greg rosston | the hill
No more gut-based strategies: Using evidence to solve the digital divide
AUGUST 11, 2020
Paul oyer | marketplace
Must workers choose between benefits and flexibility?
AUGUST 10, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | Christian Science monitor
As recovery falters, can Washington reach a deal?
August 5, 2020
nicholas bloom | politico
A growing side effect of the pandemic: Permanent job loss
JULY 27, 2020
sean reardon | The globe and mail
Affluent U.S. parents turn to private ‘pandemic pods’ to navigate new homeschooling reality
JULY 27, 2020
andrew hall | usa today
Our research shows what to do now to maximize election turnout and voter health amid COVID
JULY 24, 2020
nicholas bloom | wall street journal
Does a Raise or Remote Work Sound Better?
JULY 23, 2020
TOM DEE | new york times
Should 5-year-olds start school this year?
JULY 22, 2020
mark cullen | datebook
The future of live music? Flower crowns, face masks and hand sanitizer
JULY 14, 2020
Jay Bhattacharya | roll call
Experts: Public trust in science, data key to COVID-19 vaccine credibility
JULY 14, 2020
Arun Chandrasekhar | BBC News
India coronavirus: Videos by Nobel laureate help fight pandemic
JULY 14, 2020
nicholas bloom | the guardian
End of the office: the quiet, grinding loneliness of working from home
JULY 13, 2020
anat admati | bloomberg
Wall Street reaps a bonanza on Fed’s support for corporate debt
JULY 13, 2020
joseph grundfest | reuters
Ex-Dela. judges defend Securities Act forum clauses in Calif. Dropbox case
JULY 13, 2020
erik brynjolfsson | nyt
The pandemic has accelerated demands for a more skilled work force
JULY 13, 2020
nicholas bloom | usa today
Will the remote work craze sparked by COVID-19 sound a death knell for office buildings?
JULY 11, 2020
alison morantz | wall street journal
As Offices Reopen Amid Coronavirus, Workers Clash Over Masks, Cubicle Barriers and Lysol
JULY 9, 2020
nicholas bloom | sf chronicle
Laid-off H-1B visa holders face painful predicament
JULY 7, 2020
Rob Fairlie | good morning america
#BlackOutDay2020: Skip Amazon and support these Black-owned bookstores
JULY 7, 2020
mARK CULLEN | SF CHRONICLE
Does coronavirus linger in the air? More than 200 scientists urge WHO to recognize aerosol transmission
JULY 7, 2020
colleen honigsberg | wall street journal
Banks Could Get $24 Billion in Fees From PPP Loans
JULY 7, 2020
andrew hall | REUTERS
Explainer: Fraud is rare in U.S. mail-in voting. Here are the methods that prevent it
JULY 7, 2020
rob fairlie | mother jones
#BuyBlack Has Helped Black Businesses Hit by COVID. But It Won’t Solve the Biggest Problems.
JULY 6, 2020
david grusky | the guardian
Why the Covid-19 financial crisis will leave lasting scars on Gen Z
JULY 4, 2020
DAVID GRUSKY | THE GUARDIAN
Where you bank can make a big difference for racial justice
JULY 4, 2020
rob fairlie | cnbc
Montgomery County’s public schools are still segregated. It’s time to fix that.
JULY 3, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | Washington post
The big factor holding back the U.S. economic recovery: Child care
JULY 2, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | NYT
Is the five-day office week over?
JULY 2, 2020
Scott rozelle | cnn
Ending poverty in 2020 was going to be Xi's crowning achievement. Coronavirus might have ruined it
JUNE 26, 2020
nicholas bloom | whyy
Post-pandemic — should we keep working from home?
jUNE 24, 2020
sean reardon | nyt
If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes black Americans.
JUNE 23, 2020
nicholas bloom | reuters
The looming war over working from home
JUNE 22, 2020
Andrew hall | la times
Trump claims without evidence that mail voting leads to cheating: A guide to facts on absentee ballots
JUNE 22, 2020
REBECCA DIAMOND | Stanford NEWS
Stanford study finds home foreclosures can have devastating, long-term impacts
JUNE 22, 2020
Rebecca diamond | SIEPR NEWS
Study finds home foreclosures can have devastating, long-term impacts
JUNE 19, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | bloomberg
This is not the end of cities
JUNE 18, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | BOSTON GLOBE
US, California unemployment claims continue to decline, but overall picture still grim
JUNE 17, 2020
Nicholas bloom | boston globe
With home offices here to stay, should employers pay for upgrades?
JUNE 17, 2020
judith goldstein | washington post
The WTO is getting a new boss. Here's who's in the running.
JUNE 15, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | wbur
Is the virtual workplace here to stay?
JUNE 14, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | Bloomberg
Millions of job losses are at risk of becoming permanent
JUNE 13, 2020
Grant miller | new york times
What the pandemic reveals about the male ego
JUNE 12, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | New york times
What do I do if my employer does something I can't abide?
JUNE 12, 2020
victor fuchs | jama network
Health care policy after the COVID-19 pandemic
JUNE 11, 2020
jonathan levin | wall street journal
What will business school look like in the fall?
JUNE 11, 2020
Mark Duggan & David grusky | the atlantic
The millenial mental health-crisis
JUNE 9, 2020
Nick Bloom | NYT
What if working from home goes on... forever?
JUNE 7, 2020
Andrew Hall | NYT
Amid pandemic and upheaval, new cyberthreats to the presidential election
JUNE 5, 2020
John cochrane | WSJ
'The Deficit Myth' review: years of magical thinking
JUNE 5, 2020
Ed lazear | NYT
Lazear on the jobs report
JUNE 3, 2020
Rob fairlie | abc news
Small businesses already hurt by coronavirus face more devastation due to looting
June 3, 2020
Matt gentzkow | NYT
The George Floyd election
JUNE 1, 2020
Ramin toloui | NYT
Poor countries face a debt crisis ‘unlike anything we have seen’
May 28, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | PBS
Could the pandemic usher in a new era of working from home?
MAY 27, 2020
Anat admati | cnn
Silicon Valley is throwing money behind Covid-19 efforts, hoping for results
MAY 25, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | new york times
The coronavirus is deadliest where democrats live
May 25, 2020
ROBERT FAIRLE | Washington post
Number of working black business owners falls 40 percent, far more than other groups amid coronavirus
MAY 21, 2020
NICHOLAS BLOOM | NBC News
Mark Zuckerberg: Half of Facebook may work remotely by 2030
May 21, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | New York Times
Many jobs may vanish forever as layoffs mount
MAY 20, 2020
Josh rauh | la TIMES
Free money: Amid the coronavirus, a monthly paycheck from the feds doesn't seem crazy
MAY 20, 2020
Joseph Grundfest | new york times
Trump's vaccine chief has vast ties to drug industry, posing possible conflicts
May 20, 2020
Andrew Hall | Washington Post
Examining the arguments against voting by mail: Does it really lead to fraud or benefit only Democrats?
May 16, 2020
Michael Boskin | New York Times
How Washington learned to embrace the budget deficit
May 15, 2020
Anat Admati | Mercury News
Coronavirus: How one small San Jose business came back from the brink
May 14, 2020
Ed Lazear | Washington Post
Covid-19’s health effects are concentrated on older people. But the economic effects are hurting the young and poor.
May 14, 2020
Jack Blundell, Nicholas Bloom, and Luigi Pistaferri | SIEPR Policy Brief
Softening the pandemic's blow to workers
May 14, 2020
Susan Athey | Project Syndicate
Everyone wins from vaccine cooperation
May 13, 2020
Sean Reardon | Technology Review
The children being left behind by America’s online schooling
May 13, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | USA Today
Working from home during the coronavirus pandemic: How to cope
May 13, 2020
Marshall Burke | CNN
What does air pollution have to do with Covid-19?
May 12, 2020
Roger Noll | SF Chronicle
Sports is plotting a return. The stakes are huge
May 11, 2020
Joshua Rauh | LA Times
Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits
May 10, 2020
Joshua Rauh | Washington Post
Top White House advisers, unlike their boss, increasingly worry stimulus spending is costing too much
May 8, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | New York Times
White-collar companies race to be last to return to the office
May 8, 2020
Hanno Lustig | SIEPR News
Just how bad is it? The portrayal of unemployment news matters
May 6, 2020
Darrell Duffie | Bloomberg
Fed embraces Libor again and risks undermining push to kill it
May 5, 2020
David Lobell | Stanford News
COVID-19 could exacerbate food insecurity around the world, Stanford expert warns
May 5, 2020
Maya Rossin-Slater & Petra Persson | Psychology Today
Can COVID-19 stress have an impact on pregnancy?
May 4, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | Mercury News
Coronavirus made telework necessary. Now Santa Clara County wants to explore ways to keep it.
May 4, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | The Atlantic
Work from home is here to stay
May 4, 2020
Susan Athey | New York Times
In the race for a coronavirus vaccine, we must go big. Really, really big.
April 30, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | Newsweek
Remote work is here to stay. But what does that mean for productivity - and mental health?
April 28, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | The Guardian
How the face mask became the world's most coveted commodity
April 28, 2020
Michael Boskin | The Guardian
Economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis will need a balancing act
April 27, 2020
Anat Admati | Marketplace
Why is the stock market doing well right now?
April 24, 2020
Joshua Rauh | The Hill
How to pay for stimulus checks
April 22, 2020
Mark Duggan, Kevin Schulman, Kate Bundorf | SIEPR News
The coronavirus pandemic and U.S. health policy
April 21, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | Chicago Tribune
Back to work? Companies finding it easier said than done
April 20, 2020
Jonathan Rodden | Foreign Affairs
How America's urban-rural divide has shaped the pandemic
April 17, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | Los Angeles Times
Column: Gun-toting Republicans ignoring quarantine orders? Yes, even coronavirus has become part of the culture wars
April 17, 2020
Andrew Hall | Washington Post
No, voting by mail does not give either party an advantage. Here’s how we know.
April 16, 2020
Andrew Hall | SIEPR News
New research on voting by mail shows neutral partisan effects
April 15, 2020
Amit Seru | Barron's
If you want a quick recovery, forgive debts
April 15, 2020
Anat Admati | USA Today
Some stimulus checks are being sent to wrong accounts: 'The bank account number is not even close."
April 15, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | Reuters
With confidence shattered, the road to a 'normal' U.S. economy looks long
April 15, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | WIRED
Trump voters aren't staying in as much as everybody else
April 15, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | SIEPR News
'Coronavirus culture war'? Shedding light on the role of political beliefs in social distancing
April 15, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | CNN
How do political beliefs impact the response to coronavirus?
April 14, 2020
Ramin Toloui | SIEPR Policy Brief
What the IMF can do now to confront COVID-19
April 13, 2020
George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, and John B. Taylor | Gulf Times
Lessons from crises past
April 13, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | SIEPR News
Expecting a quick economic recovery? Don't hold your breath
April 12, 2020
Jay Bhattacharya | NPR
How antibody tests can inform public policies to mitigate coronavirus pandemic
April 11, 2020
Robert Fairlie | The New York Times
Black-owned businesses could face hurdles in federal aid program
April 8, 2020
Matt Gentzkow | The Washington Post
Why Trump has received a much smaller approval bump than other world leaders during the pandemic
April 6, 2020
Nicholas Bloom & Luigi Pistaferri | Vox
Prepare for large wage cuts if you are younger and work in a small firm
April 2, 2020
Maria Polyakova | SIEPR Policy Brief
Can masks help with reopening the economy?
April 2, 2020
Marshall Burke | The Atlantic
The pandemic is turning the natural world upside down
April 1, 2020
Luigi Pistaferri | SIEPR News
Q&A: What's behind the gender gap in disability benefits?
April 1, 2020
Mark Lemley | Stanford Law School
Stanford’s Mark Lemley on effort to make IP available to end COVID-19 pandemic
March 31, 2020
Hanno Lustig | Bloomberg
Pay a bounty to develop a Covid-19 vaccine faster
March 31, 2020
Marshall Burke | The Guardian
‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world?
March 30, 2020
Darrell Duffie | Los Angeles Times
Column: Economists agree with doctors that prematurely lifting lockdown would be disastrous
March 30, 2020
Amit Seru | Wall Street Journal
Save capitalism from the Cares Act
March 30, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | SIEPR News
Productivity pitfalls of working from home in the age of COVID-19
March 29, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | LA Times
WFH with a roommate or loved one? 5 ways to avoid killing each other
March 27, 2020
Eric Hanushek | The Washington Post
Homeschooling during the coronavirus will set back a generation of children
March 27, 2020
Marshall Burke | The New York Times
What the coronavirus means for climate change
March 26, 2020
Anat Admati | Stanford GSB
Economists to Congress: don’t bail out big business
March 26, 2020
John Taylor | Project Syndicate
Toward a coherent economic strategy for COVID-19
March 26, 2020
Joshua Rauh | Chicago Tribune
Commentary: Congress should let the airlines go to bankruptcy court
March 26, 2020
Ed Lazear | CNBC
Lazear: I am an optimist
March 26, 2020
Mark Duggan | USA Today
California could be the state hit hardest financially by coronavirus. Is it ready?
March 25, 2020
Jay Bhattacharya | WSJ | Opinion
Is the coronavirus as deadly as they say?
March 24, 2020
Edward Lazear | The New York Times | Opinion
Economic stimulus is the wrong prescription
March 24, 2020
Anat Admati | The Associated Press
Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of '30s in viral crisis?
March 23, 2020
Marshall Burke | The Mercury News
Coronavirus: Bay Area air quality is improving as people stay home
March 22, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | The Wall Street Journal
During coronavirus crisis, big companies display largess—but for how long?
March 22, 2020
Ramin Toloui | Politico | Opinion
Banks should defer household debt to protect the economy
March 21, 2020
Susan Athey | The Washington Post
The new coronavirus economy: A gigantic experiment reshaping how we work and live
March 20, 2020
John Taylor | CNBC
Choose economic freedom, choose things that work
March 19, 2020
Caroline Hoxby | The World University Rankings
Coronavirus could be ‘make or break’ for universities’ finances
March 19, 2020
Marshall Burke & Nicholas Bloom | Freakonomics
The side effects of social distancing
March 18, 2020
Darrell Duffie | SIEPR News
Q&A: Darrell Duffie on the financial markets in a coronavirus world
March 18, 2020
Ramin Toloui | Time
As COVID-19 crashes the economy, workers and business owners wonder if anything can save them from financial ruin
March 17, 2020
John Taylor | CNBC
Former Fed governor on how the central bank can help small businesses with coronavirus volatility
March 17, 2020
Marshall Burke | USA Today
Could the coronavirus actually be saving lives in some parts of the world because of reduced air pollution?
March 17, 2020
John Cochrane | WSJ | Opinion
How to treat the financial symptoms of Covid-19
March 16, 2020
Susan Athey | The Washington Post
How to practice social distancing while helping the economy
March 16, 2020
Darrell Duffie | The Economist
The Federal Reserve acts again, as market turmoil continues
March 16, 2020
Marshall Burke | Forbes
Study: Coronavirus lockdown likely saved 77,000 lives in China just by reducing pollution
March 13, 2020
Ramin Toloui | SIEPR Policy Brief
How do the Federal Reserve’s new tools really work?
March 13, 2020
John Taylor | Bloomberg
It's more important than ever for Fed to clarify strategy, John Taylor says
March 13, 2020
Anat Admati | The New York Times
Markets plunge. Economies stall. Panic spreads. It all feels very 2008.
March 9, 2020
Jay Bhattacharya | Bloomberg
Don't fully know the coronavirus death rate, says Stanford professor
March 5, 2020
Jason Furman | WSJ | Opinion
The case for a big coronavirus stimulus
March 1, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus is different. It’s rapidly hitting supply and demand.
February 26, 2020
Nicholas Bloom | The Sacramento Bee
Telecommuting could create huge benefits for California workers and the environment
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