COVID-19 began spreading at the end of 2019. Our posts cover the ensuing drop in employment; differential impacts on workers by income, race, ethnicity, gender, education, and parental status; unemployment insurance and other social supports to assist those impacted; the mounting red ink on federal and state budgets; and ramifications in areas ranging from developing countries, to education, the environment, and beyond.
January 12, 2021
Michael Kremer (U Chicago. 2019 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics) joins Michael Klein to discuss the economics of vaccine development and deployment.
January 5, 2021
Tutoring is a well-studied, viable, and effective method to combat learning loss and educational inequities. But not all tutoring programs are created equal.
December 21, 2020
Stephen O'Connell (Swarthmore College) joins Michael Klein to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets, focusing on trade, remittances, and vaccine delivery.
December 17, 2020
Medicaid can play a key role providing health coverage and economic stimulus during the pandemic. But states need to be able to fund their share of the program.
November 25, 2020
Available real-time data indicate that there is tremendous unmet need and that households with children report the highest rates of not having enough to eat.
October 13, 2020
Automatic stabilizers are spending or tax policies that cushion downturns and taper off as the economy improves. They respond rapidly and continue while needed.
October 1, 2020
The combination of job losses that were markedly worse for low-earning workers and the expansion of unemployment benefits made the CARES Act very progressive.
September 21, 2020
Michael Klein and Greg Mankiw (Harvard University) discuss how the economy and the way we think about it is changing in the wake of COVID-19.
September 14, 2020
As colleges and universities start the new academic year, Nathan Grawe (Carleton College) highlights the major challenges they face in the wake of COVID-19.