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May 2020

Population flow drives spatio-temporal distribution of COVID-19 in China

Jayson S. JIA, Yun YUAN, Ge XU, Jianmin JIA, Nicholas A. CHRISTAKIS
Sudden, large-scale and diffuse human migration can amplify localized outbreaks of disease into widespread epidemics1,2,3,4. Rapid and accurate tracking of aggregate population flows may therefore be epidemiologically informative. Here we use 11,478,484 counts of mobile phone data from individuals l...
Keywords: COVID-19, Population flow, Spatio-temporal distrubution, China
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Apr 2020

Social connections to COVID-19-affected areas increase compliance with mobility restrictions

Ben CHAROENWONG, Alan KWAN, Vesa PURSIAINEN
We study the role of social connections in compliance of U.S. households with mobility restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, using aggregated and anonymized Facebook data on social connections and mobile phone data for measuring social distancing at th...
Keywords: social networks, non-pharmaceutical interventions, COVID-19
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Senior Fellows/Fellows, Capital Market Development: China and Asia

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Jun 2021

FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking

Claire Yurong HONG, Xiaomeng LU, Jun PAN
Using a unique FinTech data containing monthly individual-level consumption, investments, and payments, we examine how FinTech can lower investment barriers and improve risk-taking. Seizing on the rapid expansion of offline usages of Alipay in China, we measure individuals' FinTech adoption by the s...
Keywords: FinTech, Digital Payment, Financial Inclusion, Consumption, Risk Taking, Household Finance
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Aug 2020

The Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies: An Optimistic Preliminary Account

Pinelopi Koujianou GOLDBERG, Tristan REED
Early in 2020, the general expectation was that the coronavirus pandemic’s effects would be more severe in developing countries than in advanced economies, both on the public health and economic fronts. Preliminary evidence as of June 2020 supports a more optimistic assessment. To date, most low- ...
Keywords: Coronavirus, Pandemic, emerging markets, Developing Countries
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Jul 2020

Unmet Needs: Healthcare Crowd-out During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Manuel HERMOSILLA, Jian NI, Haizhong WANG, Jin ZHANG
Efficient resource allocation, during a possible new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and similar public health crisis, requires understanding whether (and to which extent) COVID-related healthcare demand may displace or crowd-out non-COVID care. We study this crowd-out hypothesis using a large sample ...
Keywords: COVID-19, Healthcare Crowd-Out, Differences-In-Differences-In-Differences, Online Drug Retailing, Healthcare Capacity, Rx/OTC
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