Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Free COVID-19 Vaccines: Not Enough to Guarantee Acceptance, Especially Among Black Americans
The researchers find cost does matter when estimating willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but it isn’t the whole story.
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The Value of Treatment for COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed significant and far-reaching health and economic costs. This white paper models and monetizes the health-related benefits of two hypothetical treatments administered either before or after hospitalization; both generate substantial value.
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Getting Americans Back to Work (and School) With Pooled Testing
To reopen safely, employers need to identify workers who have active COVID-19 infections and do so at reasonable cost. Pooled testing for the coronavirus is an effective, scalable tool for doing so.
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Momentary Snapshots of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Despite sustained changes in where people were, and who they were with, participants’ reports of stressors, financial worries, and emotional well-being only worsened in the initial weeks of the pandemic, but then had rebounded by May.
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The coronavirus is impacting every aspect of our lives. Schaeffer Center experts are informing the conversation with their analysis on its impact on health, the economy, public policy, and human behavior. To get in contact with our experts, email Stephanie Hedt, Director of Communications, at hedt@usc.edu.
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NBER: A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of COVID-19 Using a Threshold Augmented Multi-Country Model
We show that no country is immune to the economic fallout of the pandemic because of global interconnections as evidenced by the case of Sweden.
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COVID-19 May Move the Needle on Value-Based Payment
Erin Trish, Elizabeth Fowler, and Paul Ginsburg discussed the future of value-based payment models at a recent webinar viewed by over 500 people.
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The Future of Higher Education
How will COVID-19 permanently reshape the landscape? Join Dana Goldman in conversation with Raynard Kington for a wide-ranging discussion about the future of higher education.
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The Future of Value-Based Payment
Join Schaeffer Center Associate Director Erin Trish in conversation with Elizabeth Fowler, Executive Vice President for Programs at The Commonwealth Fund, and Schaeffer Initiative Director Paul Ginsburg for a discussion of the future of value-based payment in the U.S.
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Working Mothers’ Careers, Mental Health Suffer During COVID-19 Pandemic
While the employment shock in the present crisis initially hit both genders, the COVID-19 public health crisis could have a major impact on women, especially on their career trajectories and the well-being of working mothers.
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Impacts on the U.S. Macroeconomy of Mandatory Business Closures in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
A mandatory business closure over three months results in a 20.3% decline of U.S. GDP on an annual basis, or $4.3 trillion, and an employment decline of 22.4%, representing 35.3 million workers.
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