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Insights / Podcast episode•Apr 07, 2021
WFH … Forever?
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Steven J. Davis, Kate Lister
The pandemic forced many Americans into a mass social experiment: working from home (WFH). Now,...
Topics:
COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Insights / Podcast episode•Mar 25, 2021
Incentives and the Race to Vaccinate
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Joshua Gottlieb, David Pitrak
With COVID-19 variants proliferating, administering vaccines as quickly as possible is a key policy priority....
Topics:
Health care, COVID-19
Insights / Podcast episode•Mar 12, 2021
Is the Future Cashless?
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Fernando Alvarez, Raghuram Rajan
When COVID lockdowns started a year ago, the use of cash plummeted. But the pandemic...
Topics:
COVID-19
Insights / Podcast episode•Feb 25, 2021
The Surprising Results of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Peter Ganong, Fiona Greig
In March 2020, the CARES Act expanded who was eligible for unemployment benefits, how much...
Topics:
COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Insights / Podcast episode•Dec 31, 2020
The Pandemic Recession’s Gender Gap
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Yana Gallen, Yana Gallen
Women suffered significantly in the early months of the current recession, raising important questions about...
Topics:
COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Insights / Podcast episode•Dec 17, 2020
A Vaccine for Billions
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Michael Kremer, Canice Prendergast
The economic benefits of ending the COVID-19 pandemic even one day earlier are enormous. Michael...
Topics:
COVID-19, Health care
Finding•Nov 19, 2020
When Nurses Travel: Labor Supply Elasticity During COVID-19 Surges
Joshua Gottlieb, Avi Zenilman
Increased compensation is key to getting nurses to travel long distances to meet demand in other locations. This work suggests that mobility across an integrated national market is helpful for re-allocating workers when demand surges.
Topics:
COVID-19, Health care
Insights / Podcast episode•Nov 05, 2020
Deep Dive Series – The Future of Money?
Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Eric Budish, Brian Platz, Yuval Rooz, Luigi Zingales
If use of cash continues to wane, will cryptocurrency be the new dollar bill? Is...
Topics:
Technology & Innovation
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