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Review of Economics of the Household - Special Symposium: COVID-19 and Economics of the Household


Review of Economics of the Household invites you to enjoy free access to a rolling selection of papers focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on household economics.  Check back each month for updated selections.


Women’s and Men’s Word, Housework and Childcare, Before and During COVID-19 (this opens in a new tab) by Daniel Del Boca, Noemi Oggero, Paola Profeta & Mariacristina Rossi 

Life Satisfaction, Loneliness and Togetherness, With an Application to COVID-19 Lockdowns (this opens in a new tab) by Daniel S. Hamermesh 

Data from the COVID-19 Epidemic in Florida suggest that Younger Cohorts have been Transmitting Their Infections to Less Socially Mobile Older Adults (this opens in a new tab) by Jeffrey E. Harris

The Usual Suspects: Do Risk Tolerance, Altruism and Health Predict the Response to COVID-19? (this opens in a new tab) by Ketki Sheth & Greg C. Wright

Estimating the Immediate Impact of the COVID-19 Shock on Parental Attachment to the Labor Market and the Double Bind of Mothers (this opens in a new tab) by Misty L. Heggeness

The Effect of Working from Home on Major Time Allocations with a Focus on Food-Related Activities (this opens in a new tab) by Brandon J. Restrepo & Eliana Zeballos

Gender Differentiated Economic Responses to Crises in Developing Countries: Insights for COVID-19 Recovery Policies (this opens in a new tab) by Sandeep Mohapatra 

COVID-19, Staying at Home and Domestic Violence (this opens in a new tab)  by Lin-Chi Hsu & Alexander Henke

Working Parents, Financial Insecurity and Childcare: Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19 in the UK (this opens in a new tab) by Zhiming Cheng, Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, David A. Savage & Massimiliano Tani (Free Access through July 31)

The Impact of Closing Schools on Working From Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence using Panel Data from Japan (this opens in a new tab) by Eiji Yamamura & Yoshiro Tsustsui 

Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany (this opens in a new tab) by Mathias Huebner, Sevrin Waights, C. Katharina Spiess, Nico A. Siegel & Gert G. Wagner (Open Access)

Gender Differences in Couples’ Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health during COVID-19 (this opens in a new tab) by Gema Zamarro & Maria J. Prados (Free Access through July 31)

COVID-19 Shocks to Education Supply: How 200,000 U.S. Households Dealt with the Sudden Shift to Distance Learning (this opens in a new tab) by Cynthia Bansak & Martha Starr (Free Access through July 31)

Are COVID Fatalities in the U.S. Higher than in the EU, and if so, Why? (this opens in a new tab) by Ainoa Aparicio & Shoshana Grossbard (Free Access through July 31)

Consumption and Geographic Mobility in Pandemic Times: Evidence From Mexico (this opens in a new tab) by Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez & Gerardo Esquivel (Free Access through July 31)

Intra-Household Exposure to Labor Market Risk in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons From Mexico (this opens in a new tab) by Cecilia Peluffo & Mariana Viollaz 

Women Pay the Price of COVID-19 More Than Men (this opens in a new tab) by Enrica Croda & Shoshana Grossbard 

Intra-Household Exposure to Labor Market Risk in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons From Mexico (this opens in a new tab) by Cecilia Peluffo & Mariana Viollaz 

The Effect of Covid-19 Lockdown and the Subsequent Reopening on Consumption in Iran (this opens in a new tab) by Mohammed Hoseini & Abolmohsen Valizadeh 

Household Time Activities, Food Waste, and Diet Quality: the Impact of Non-Marginal Changes due to Covid-19 (this opens in a new tab) by Benjamin Scharadin, Yang Yu, Edward C. Jaenicke 

Unequal Consequences of Covid 19: Representative Evidence from Six Countries (this opens in a new tab) by Michèle Belot, Syngjoo Choi, Egon Tripodi, Eline van den Broek-Altenburg, Julian C. Jamison & Nicholas W. Papageorge (Open Access)

The Many Ways COVID-19 Affects Households: Consumption, Time and Health Outcomes (this opens in a new tab) by George Davis

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