Do Lockdowns Work? The Literature (scholarly articles)

Title:

Do lockdowns work? The literature

 

Published:

InProportion2, 15 January 2021

https://inproportion2.talkigy.com/do_lockdowns_work_2021-01-15.html

 

From this post:

Below are a number of published papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy (despite unconscionable harms) along with a key quote or two from each.

A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19 [IZA Institute of Labor Economics, June 2020]

Title:

A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19

 

Authors:

Abel Brodeur, David Gray,Anik Islam & Suraiya Jabeen Bhuiyan

All from the University of Ottawa

 

Published:

IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Initiated by Deitche Post Foundation, June 2020

[Discussion Paper Series, IZA DP No. 13411]

http://ftp.iza.org/dp13411.pdf

Abstract:

The goal of this piece is to survey the emerging and rapidly growing literature on the economic consequences of COVID-19 and government response, and to synthetize the insights emerging from a very large number of studies. This survey (i) provides an overview of the data sets used to measure social distancing and COVID-19 cases and deaths; (ii) reviews the literature on the determinants of compliance and effectiveness of social distancing; (iii) summarizes the literature on the socio-economic consequences of COVID19 and government interventions, focusing on labor, health, gender, discrimination and environmental aspects; and (iv) discusses policy proposals.

We hope universities will learn from the lockdowns - Will Covid-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education?

Title:
We hope universities will learn from the lockdowns

Author:
Kenneth Rogoff

Published:
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2020
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-07-06-we-hope-universities-will-learn-from-the-lockdowns/#gsc.tab=0

From the article:
Will Covid-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education? Throughout the world, sudden mid-semester lockdowns aimed at combating the pandemic forced universities to switch to distance learning almost overnight. But while this rapid transition has been tough for faculty and students alike, some good might yet come of it.