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Policy responses are measured by the Stringency and Economic Support Indices from the Oxford COVID-19 Government-Response Tracker. Controlling for the evolution of the pandemic itself, we find that the income cost of greater stringency measures is borne only by the most economically-vulnerable, while government economic-support measures have a positive effect across the income distribution.<\/p><p><strong>Abstract 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Using real\u2010time data from the University of Luxembourg\u2019s COME\u2010HERE nationally representative panel survey, covering more than 8,000 individuals across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, the author investigates how income distributions and poverty rates have changed from January to September 2020. The author finds that poverty rates increased on average in all countries from January to May and partially recovered in September. The increase in poverty is heterogeneous across countries, with Italy being the most affected and France the least; within countries, COVID\u201019 contributed to exacerbating poverty differences across regions in Italy and Spain. With a set of poverty measures from the Foster\u2013Greer\u2013Thorbecke family, the author then explores the role of individual characteristics in shaping different poverty profiles across countries. Results suggest that poverty increased disproportionately more for young individuals, women, and respondents who had a job in January 2020 \u2013 with different intensities across countries<\/p><p>Links to studies:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uni.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bde7eee400fbb9c8f98a3afd6&#038;id=3527468b03&#038;e=33ce78173a\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/bde7eee400fbb9c8f98a3afd6\/files\/7ea35181-eaa1-4b04-5d19-2d0d3b642641\/Covid_paper.docx<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/uni.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bde7eee400fbb9c8f98a3afd6&#038;id=088380f66f&#038;e=33ce78173a\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/bde7eee400fbb9c8f98a3afd6\/files\/43b83731-b953-e352-c684-5acf84f11beb\/10_1108_S1049_258520210000029010.pdf<\/a><\/p><p>In-person location:\u00a0Maison des Sciences Humaines, the Black Box<\/p><p><i>Please join us on Webex meetings by following the link below\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p>Meeting link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/uni.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bde7eee400fbb9c8f98a3afd6&#038;id=5bbc8ab196&#038;e=33ce78173a\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/unilu.webex.com\/unilu\/j.php?MTID=meb32c0f161e3b8f3aff5280441894f8d<\/a><\/p><p>Meeting number:<\/p><p>2732 322 3583\u00a0<\/p><p>Password:<\/p><p>psGbenfw397<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you would like to present your work at SEMILUX, please contact <a href=\"mailto:anne.hartung@uni.lu?subject=Semilux%20-%20available%20slots\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason.settels@uni.lu<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract 1:\u00a0We use data from the COME-HERE panel survey collected by the University of Luxembourg to assess the effects of COVID-19 policy responses on disposable incomes in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden between January 2020 and October 2021. Policy responses are measured by the Stringency and Economic Support Indices from the Oxford COVID-19 Government-Response Tracker. Controlling for the evolution of the pandemic itself, we find that the income cost of greater stringency measures is borne only by the most economically-vulnerable, while government economic-support measures have a positive effect across the income distribution.Abstract 2:\u00a0Using real\u2010time data from the University of Luxembourg\u2019s COME\u2010HERE nationally representative panel survey, covering more than 8,000 individuals across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, the author investigates how income distributions and poverty rates have changed from January to September 2020. The author finds that poverty rates increased on average in all countries from January to May and partially recovered in September. The increase in poverty is heterogeneous across countries, with Italy being the most affected and France the least; within countries, COVID\u201019 contributed to exacerbating poverty differences across regions in Italy and Spain. With a set of poverty measures from the Foster\u2013Greer\u2013Thorbecke family, the author then explores the role of individual characteristics in shaping different poverty profiles across countries. 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