Rodríguez-Caballero, C.V.; Vera-Valdés, J.E. Long-Lasting Economic Effects of Pandemics:Evidence on Growth and Unemployment. Econometrics2020, 8, 37.
Rodríguez-Caballero, C.V.; Vera-Valdés, J.E. Long-Lasting Economic Effects of Pandemics:Evidence on Growth and Unemployment. Econometrics 2020, 8, 37.
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Rodríguez-Caballero, C.V.; Vera-Valdés, J.E. Long-Lasting Economic Effects of Pandemics:Evidence on Growth and Unemployment. Econometrics2020, 8, 37.
Rodríguez-Caballero, C.V.; Vera-Valdés, J.E. Long-Lasting Economic Effects of Pandemics:Evidence on Growth and Unemployment. Econometrics 2020, 8, 37.
Abstract
This paper studies long economic series to assess the long-lasting effects of pandemics. We analyze if periods of time that cover pandemics have a change in trend and persistence in growth, and in level and persistence in unemployment. We find that there is an upward trend in the persistence level of growth across the centuries. In particular, shocks originated by pandemics in recent times seem to have permanent effect in growth. Moreover, our results show that the unemployment rate increases and it becomes more persistent after a pandemic. In this regard, our findings support the design and implementation of counter-cyclical policies to soften the shock of the pandemic.
Keywords
long memory; persistence; structural change; pandemics; growth; and unemployment
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Econometrics and Statistics
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