North America

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
  • There's no quick post-pandemic fix for Canada's long-term care facilities, say experts | 30 June | CBC
     
• 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
     
• Webinar
   
  • Understanding Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy | 02 April | MaRS Discovery District

     

• 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 
     
• 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
  • When more delivers less: Comparing the US and French COVID-19 crisis responses | June 2020 | Peterson Institute for International Economics
     
• 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 
     
• 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
     
• ​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
     
• 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
  • State Insurance Reforms and the Trade-Offs of a Public Option | 25 June | Roosevelt Institute
     
• 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