This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic.
We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices regarding how …

We develop a SIR-based macroeconomic model to study the impact of testing/quarantining
and social distancing/mask use on health and economic outcomes. These policies can …

We develop and calibrate a search-theoretic model of the labor market in order to forecast
the evolution of the aggregate US labor market during and after the coronavirus pandemic …

This newsletter aims at providing an overview of relevant, covid-19 related economic issues
as discussed in the current literature. It therefore draws as much on traditional working …

We study the positive and normative implications of labor market policies that counteract the
economic fallout from containment measures during an epidemic. We incorporate a …

We investigate the optimal response of unemployment insurance to economic shocks, both
with and without commitment. The optimal policy with commitment follows a modified Baily …

In this paper, I use a simple SIR Macro model to examine Japan's soft lockdown policies in
2021 under the COVID-19 crisis. As real-time research, this paper consists of two parts …

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has presented policymakers with a pivotal challenge: to
choose between either an uncontrolled spread of the virus, that may cost millions of lives in …

This paper develops a choice-theoretic equilibrium model of the labor market in the
presence of a pandemic. It includes heterogeneity in productivity, age and the ability to work …

This chapter provides an overview of economic studies analyzing the impact of the increase
in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and the distribution of stimulus checks prescribed …