Canada
- Government Information
- The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) | 11 April | Government of Canada
- News Article
- Trudeau unveils $27-billion in aid, $55-billion of tax deferrals in coronavirus response | 18 March | The Globe and Mail
- Coronavirus: Here’s how to apply for EI and the new COVID-19 emergency benefit | 19 March | Global News
- N.B. premier continues call for national state of emergency as province records 18th case of COVID-19 | 24 March | Global News
- Province freezes rent hikes, postpones non-urgent eviction hearings | 24 March | CBC
- Canadá ayudará con 1.300 euros mensuales a quienes hayan perdido su empleo por el coronavirus. Los afectados podrán solicitar acogerse a este beneficio a partir del 6 de abril por un periodo de hasta cuatro meses | 02 April | El País
- Ottawa is handing out $2,000 cheques to out-of-work Canadians. Could a basic income be next? | 05 April | The Star
- Official unemployment numbers don’t show the true crisis for workers affected by coronavirus | 13 April | The Conversation
- CERB eligibility expanded to part-time and seasonal workers, Trudeau says | 15 April | IPolitics
- N.W.T. will exempt federal COVID-19 emergency benefits from income assistance | 06 May | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Housing Benefit to help low-income households in Windsor-Essex | 11 May | CTV News
- CRA announces virtual free tax clinics amid coronavirus pandemic | 12 May | Global News
- Seniors to receive up to $500 in a one-time payment to offset added costs due to COVID-19 | 12 May | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- COVID-19 wage subsidy program extended through August, Trudeau says | 15 May | Global News
- The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) to Bring Rent Relief to Small Business Tenants | 19 May | Binder Dijker Otte
- Without more support for child care, economic recovery will be slow, says expert | 22 May | CBC News
- Op-Ed
- The Coronavirus Crisis Exposed Gaps In Canada’s Social Programs. Now’s The Time To Fill Them | 08 June | Basic Income Today
- How a food-bank controversy highlights issues with the system | 25 June | TVOntario
- There's no quick post-pandemic fix for Canada's long-term care facilities, say experts | 30 June | CBC
- Canada’s Senate Finance Committee concludes that in the wake of Covid-19, it’s time to consider a basic income guarantee | 15 July | Basic Income Today
- A basic income guarantee for all Canadians could cost less in Canada than their emergency relief benefit | 16 July | Basic Income Today
- Why COVID-19 Demonstrates Our Need for a Basic Income | 01 September | Basic Income Today
- Report
- The Holes in Canada’s Safety Net: A Snapshot of Poverty and Social Assistance Before the 2020 Crisis | April 2020 | Centre for the Study of Living Standard
- Women, Decent Work and Canada's Fractured Care Economy | July 2020 | Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives
- Alternative Federal Budget Recovery Plan | 21 July | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Website
- Canada: COVID-19: Municipal Measures - The City Of Toronto | 11 May | Mondaq
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | Employment and Social Development Canada
- Temporary Aid for Workers Program | Government of Quebec
United States
- Blog
- Fighting COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia: Saving Lives versus Protecting Jobs? | 05 April | The World Bank Blogs | 07 April | Forbes
- What COVID-19 means for America’s child welfare system | 30 April | Brookings
- What Employers Should Know About New Paid Leave Requirements | 27 May | U.S. Department Of Labor
- Examining Options to Boost Essential Worker Wages during the Pandemic | 04 June | The Hamilton Project
- Who are the Potentially Misclassified in the Employment Report? | 30 June | The Hamilton Project
- US unemployment rate falls again but little progress after accounting for recalls from temporary layoffs | 02 July | Peterson Institute for International Economics
- The $600 unemployment bonuses did not lead to people working less, Yale study shows | 30 July | Basic Income Today
- Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits Will Lapse Too Soon Without Policy Changes | 06 August | The Hamilton Project
- The US needs stimulus payments that automatically kick in during crises | 21 August | Basic Income Today
- How US consumers use their stimulus payments | 08 September | Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Brief
- How Expanded Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Work | 30 March | Nasdaq
- How the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the frailty of social protection in the US | 03 April | ORF Online
- Protecting Employment In The Time Of Coronavirus | April 2020 | Centre for European Policy Studies
- Unemployment Insurance as Social Protection: and Stimulus during the Coronavirus Crisis | April 2020 | Bookings
- The effects of COVID-19 on international labor markets: An update | 27 May | Brookings
- Understanding the COVID-19 Workplace: Evidence From a Survey of Essential Workers | 4 June | Roosvelt Institute
- Moving from Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to a job losers’ stimulus program amid the coronavirus recession | 05 June | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation | 09 June | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- COVID-19 and labor markets | 25 June | Brookings
- New analysis shows state paid leave programs cushioned the blow of COVID-19, sparking important new questions | 25 June | Washington Center of Equitable Growth
- A new policy toolkit is needed as countries exit COVID-19 lockdowns | June 2020 | Peterson Institute for International Economics
- When more delivers less: Comparing the US and French COVID-19 crisis responses | June 2020 | Peterson Institute for International Economics
- The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on The Employment Situation for June 2020 | 02 July | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Toward an Understanding of Effective Practices in Employment Programs for People with Disabilities in California | 07 July | Roosevelt Institute
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-at-Home Orders | 16 July | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Unemployment Insurance and why the effect of work disincentives is greatly overstated amid the coronavirus recession | July 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Broken plumbing: How systems for delivering economic relief in response to the coronavirus recession failed the U.S. economy | 29 July | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Women and the future of work in the United States | 28 August | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- The Social Safety Net in the Wake of COVID-19 | September 2020 | National Bureau of Economic Research
- The Long-Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures | September 2020 | National Bureau of Economic Research
- Government Information
- MDE To Request Federal Waiver for Child Nutrition Programs | March 2020 | Government of Michigan
- Governor Announces New Programs to Increase and Expand Unemployment Benefits for Workers Affected by COVID-19; Benefits increased for all unemployed workers, expanded to self-employed and low-wage workers | March 2020 | Government of Michigan
- Free Meals | 03 April | Government of New York City
- Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 | April 2020 | Government of Hawaii
- Michigan Farmers Eligible for Direct Assistance Through USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program | May 2020 | Government of Michigan
- U.S. Department of labor awards nearly $24 million in dislocated worker grants in response to the coronavirus public health emergency | 27 May | U.S. Department Of Labor
- Multimedia
- Child care providers weigh the costs and benefits of reopening | 08 September | Market Place
- News Article
- H. R. 6187: To allow the Secretary of Agriculture to grant certain waivers under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to address school closures due to COVID–19, and for other purposes | 11 March | US Congress
- Americans are very likely to get $1,000 (or more) checks | 17 March | The Washington Post
- Seattle offers $800 supermarket vouchers to families in need during coronavirus crisis | 17 March | CNN
- Trump Seeks $500 Billion in Checks for Taxpayers | 18 March | The New York Times
- Trump signs bill to ensure paid leave, other financial benefits | 19 March | The Washington Post
- Coronavirus: Food stamp benefits increase for families in Florida | 20 March | WFLA
- Free Meals for All New Yorkers Starting Friday; Childcare Programs Expanded | 20 March | NBCBlog
- In Seattle, School Is Out, But Lunch Is Still In | 23 March | Next City
- Research shows paid leave is needed to protect families, workers, and businesses during the coronavirus recession and beyond | 23 March | Washington Centre for Equitable Growth
- The $1,200 coronavirus checks, explained | 23 March | Vox
- A look at some financial assistance available during the coronavirus crisis | 24 March | ABC News
- Coronavirus Threatens to Overwhelm Cities’ Social Safety Net | 29 March | The Wall Street Journal
- Coronavirus stimulus cash: What Social Security recipients need to know | 01 April | Fox Business
- La pavorosa caída de un titán económico con una frágil red social | 05 April | El País
- New guidance for COVID-19 economic impact payments for Social Security | 13 April | The Alberta Lea Tribune
- As COVID-19 stimulus and unemployment checks start to go out, some of the most vulnerable are left behind | 14 April | MarketPlace
- COVID-19: California to give payments to undocumented immigrants | 15 April | Al Jazeera
- Some Older Workers Feel Inclined to Take Early Social Security | 29 April | Planadviser
- White House and Congress clash over liability protections for businesses as firms cautiously weigh virus reopening plans | 03 May | The Washington Post
- Getting Emergency Financial Aid During COVID-19 | 08 May | U.S News
- House Democrats unveil coronavirus rescue bill that would direct more than $3 trillion to states, individuals, health systems | 12 May | The Washington Post
- Some CA families to start receiving up to $365 per child beginning Tuesday as state mails out P-EBT cards | 12 May | KTLA5
- A plan for a compensation fund for essential workers and their families was just announced by a bipartisan group in the House and Senate | 14 May | Business Insider
- Initiative brings millions of meals to children in need in rural areas | 14 May | ABC News
- An Economic Emergency: A substantial share of those currently on temporary layoff are likely to become permanent job losers. We need to plan for this. | 28 May | Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study - Harvard University
- Transfer trauma: America's seniors suffer as care system pushes them between sites | 28 May | The Guardian
- US weekly jobless claims hit 2.1 million, bringing the 10-week total to more than 40 million | 28 May | Business Insider
- Economics in Brief: Adults With Children More Likely to Lose Income During COVID-19 | 29 May | Next City
- One-Third of America’s Record Unemployment Payout Hasn’t Arrived | 02 June | Bloomberg
- Unemployment Fraud Spreads Across U.S. as Coronavirus Boosts Claims | 03 June | The Wall Street Journal
- More than US$1 billion in coronavirus relief payments sent to dead Americans: Report | 25 June | Global News
- Economics in Brief: Federal Aid for Pandemic-Impacted Americans Is Working, But It’s About to Expire | 26 June | Next City
- Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color | 06 July | Consumer News and Business Channel Make it
- Stimulus Checks Prevented Over 12 Million Americans From Poverty: Study | 08 July | Radio.com
- Explainer: What's at stake in the battle over U.S. unemployment benefits in Congress? | 27 July | Reuters
- The push for universal basic income is gaining momentum amid the pandemic | 29 July | Market Watch
- Millions of America’s working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic | 03 August | The Conversation
- County of Santa Clara Starts First-in-Nation “Universal Basic Income” Program for Young Adults Transitioning Out of Foster Care | 03 August | Basic Income Today
- Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish | 23 August | The Washington Post
- Unemployment for Older Workers Surges During Pandemic | 03 November | Investopedia
- Congress Reaches a Deal on $900 Billion in Pandemic Relief | 21 December | Tax Foundation
- Op-Eds
- Who Qualifies for Paid Leave Under the New Coronavirus Law | 19 March | The New York Times
- Step One in Fighting the COVID-19 Economic Crisis | 23 March | Boston Review
- What’s Good, Bad, and Mediocre in the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill | 25 March | NY Mag
- Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time | 26 March | Foreign Affairs
- Looking Ahead: The Nation’s Child Welfare Systems after Coronavirus | 30 March | The Chronicle of Social Change
- The importance of an expanded U.S. Unemployment Insurance system during the coronavirus recession | 31 March | Washington Centre for Equitable Growth
- The new inequalities and people-to-people social protection | 02 April | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research
- Intersecting U.S. Epidemics: COVID-19 and Lack of Health Insurance | 07 April | Annals of Internal Medicine
- Financing the COVID-19 deficit when you are short of money: Beware of copy-cat policymaking | 13 April | VOX Policy Portal
- Trump and His Allies Are Worried About More Than November | 17 April | The New York Times
- Let’s Make Sure The COVID-19 Response Doesn’t Threaten Social Security | 29 April | Forbes
- How to get mutual aid to those who need it most | 01 May | Open Democracy
- Social Security And Recessions: Study Shows How COVID-19 May Impact Your Benefits | 01 May | Forbes
- As Hundreds of Farmworkers Test Positive for COVID-19, Many Remain Unprotected | 13 May | Civil Eats
- Adapting Medicare Advantage Bidding For COVID-19-Related Uncertainty On Claims: A Proposal | 15 May | Health Affairs
- We're Not All In It Together | 18 May | Boston Review
- Roosevelt's New Deal offered hope in desperate times. We can do the same now | 20 May | The Guardian
- Even before coronavirus, Social Security was staring at a shortfall | 25 May | The Washington Post
- 4 Ways COVID-19 Has Exposed Gaps in the US Social Safety Net | 26 May | Next City
- The Impact of Upward Redistribution on Social Security Solvency (2020 Update) | 27 May | Center for Economic and Policy Research
- In Austin, ConnectATX Makes COVID-19 Resources Easy to Find | 01 June | Next City
- How the coronavirus recession is impacting part-time U.S. workers | 05 June | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- A new jobs miracle needs to be laid on firmer foundations than the last | 08 June | Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Income, liquidity, and the consumption response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic stimulus payments | 17 June | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research Portal
- The social safety net: The gaps that COVID-19 spotlights | 23 June | Brookings
- A feminist economic policy agenda in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quest for racial justice | 29 June | Washington Center of Equitable Growth
- Pandemic Aid Helps Make the Case for Basic Income | 07 July | Bloomberg
- New research finds enhanced U.S. social insurance will be necessary until the coronavirus recession recedes | 08 July | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- COVID-19 job and income loss leading to more hunger and financial hardship | 13 July | Brookings
- COVID-19 and labour reallocation: Evidence from the US | 14 July | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research
- Study: Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Boosted Spending by 10% and Propped Up the U.S. Economy | 17 July | Basic Income Today
- What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do? | 17 July | Brookings
- New research on the Great Recession shows extended unemployment benefits insignificantly affect U.S. unemployment rates | 21 July | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- US failure to renew COVID-19 stimulus threatens further economic decline and unemployment | 12 August | Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Measuring unemployment and labour force participation during the COVID-19 pandemic | 14 August | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research
- How to fix the Covid stimulus payment problem: Accounts, information, and infrastructure | 19 August | Brookings
- Get more money immediately to U.S. families and help them out of the coronavirus recession | 01 September | Washington Center for Equitable Growth
- Why the Biden administration should invest in a global safety net | 02 December | Thomson Reuters Foundation
- Reports
- How to Safely Feed Food-Insecure Seniors During a Pandemic | 12 March | Civil Eats
- The Macroeconomics of Epidemics | April 2020 | National Bureau of Economic Research
- Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis | 27 May | The New England Journal of Medicine
- What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits? | 29 May | Brookings
- Promoting Economic Recovery After COVID-19 | 16 June | The Aspen Institute
- State Insurance Reforms and the Trade-Offs of a Public Option | 25 June | Roosevelt Institute
- How the Pandemic Is Changing the Economy | 16 July | The Hamilton Project
- The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market Outcomes Across Groups and the Potential for Permanent Scarring | 16 July | The Hamilton Project
- The nature of work after the COVID crisis: Too few low-wage jobs | 16 July | The Hamilton Project
- A True New Deal: Building an Inclusive Economy in the COVID-19 Era | 07 August | Roosevelt Institute
- Impacto del COVID-19 en la economía de los Estados Unidos y respuestas de política | August 2020 | Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
- Protecting Beneficiary Data: Guidance for Municipal Cash Transfer Programs Responding to COVID-19 | 02 December | Center for Financial Inclusion
- Website
- Assistance for californians affected by the coronavirus | Government of California
- FNS Response to COVID-19 | Food and Nutrition Service - United States Department of Agriculture
- Percentage of income loss due to the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic 2020 | Statista
- State Guidance on Coronavirus Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) | United States Department of Agriculture
Regional
- Report
- From Survival to Revival: How to Help Small Businesses through the COVID-19 Crisis | September 2020 | The Hamilton Project
