Canada

• Government Information 

  • The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) | 11 April 2020 | Government of Canada

• News Article

  • Trudeau unveils $27-billion in aid, $55-billion of tax deferrals in coronavirus response | 18 March 2020 | The Globe and Mail

  • Coronavirus: Here’s how to apply for EI and the new COVID-19 emergency benefit | 19 March 2020 | Global News

  • N.B. premier continues call for national state of emergency as province records 18th case of COVID-19 | 24 March 2020 | Global News

  • Province freezes rent hikes, postpones non-urgent eviction hearings | 24 March 2020 | 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 2020 | El País

  • Ottawa is handing out $2,000 cheques to out-of-work Canadians. Could a basic income be next? | 05 April 2020 | The Star

  • Official unemployment numbers don’t show the true crisis for workers affected by coronavirus | 13 April 2020 | The Conversation

  • CERB eligibility expanded to part-time and seasonal workers, Trudeau says | 15 April 2020 | IPolitics

  • N.W.T. will exempt federal COVID-19 emergency benefits from income assistance | 06 May 2020 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

  • Housing Benefit to help low-income households in Windsor-Essex | 11 May 2020 | CTV News

  • CRA announces virtual free tax clinics amid coronavirus pandemic | 12 May 2020 | Global News

  • Seniors to receive up to $500 in a one-time payment to offset added costs due to COVID-19 | 12 May 2020 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

  • COVID-19 wage subsidy program extended through August, Trudeau says | 15 May 2020 | Global News

  • The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) to Bring Rent Relief to Small Business Tenants | 19 May 2020 | Binder Dijker Otte

  • Without more support for child care, economic recovery will be slow, says expert | 22 May 2020 | CBC News

• Op-Ed

  • The Coronavirus Crisis Exposed Gaps In Canada’s Social Programs. Now’s The Time To Fill Them | 08 June 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • How a food-bank controversy highlights issues with the system | 25 June 2020 | TVOntario

  • There's no quick post-pandemic fix for Canada's long-term care facilities, say experts | 30 June 2020 | 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 2020 | Basic Income Today 

  • A basic income guarantee for all Canadians could cost less in Canada than their emergency relief benefit | 16 July 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • Why COVID-19 Demonstrates Our Need for a Basic Income | 01 September 2020 | 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 2020 | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 

• Website 

  • Canada: COVID-19: Municipal Measures - The City Of Toronto | 11 May 2020 | 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 2020 | The World Bank Blogs | 07 April 2020 | Forbes 

  • What COVID-19 means for America’s child welfare system | 30 April 2020 | Brookings

  • What Employers Should Know About New Paid Leave Requirements | 27 May 2020 | U.S. Department Of Labor

  • Examining Options to Boost Essential Worker Wages during the Pandemic | 04 June 2020 | The Hamilton Project 

  • Who are the Potentially Misclassified in the Employment Report? | 30 June 2020 | The Hamilton Project 

  • US unemployment rate falls again but little progress after accounting for recalls from temporary layoffs | 02 July 2020 | Peterson Institute for International Economics 

  • The $600 unemployment bonuses did not lead to people working less, Yale study shows | 30 July 2020 | Basic Income Today 

  • Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits Will Lapse Too Soon Without Policy Changes | 06 August 2020 | The Hamilton Project 

  • The US needs stimulus payments that automatically kick in during crises | 21 August 2020 | Basic Income Today 

  • How US consumers use their stimulus payments | 08 September 2020 | Center for Economic and Policy Research 

  • Child benefits in the US — For children here, there, and everywhere | 11 March 2021 | Devlopment Pathways 

• Brief

  • How Expanded Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Work | 30 March 2020 | Nasdaq

  • How the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the frailty of social protection in the US | 03 April 2020 | 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 2020 | Brookings

  • Understanding the COVID-19 Workplace: Evidence From a Survey of Essential Workers | 4 June 2020 | Roosvelt Institute

  • Moving from Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to a job losers’ stimulus program amid the coronavirus recession | 05 June 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth

  • The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation | 09 June 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth

  • COVID-19 and labor markets | 25 June 2020 | Brookings

  • New analysis shows state paid leave programs cushioned the blow of COVID-19, sparking important new questions | 25 June 2020 | 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 2020 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

  • Toward an Understanding of Effective Practices in Employment Programs for People with Disabilities in California | 07 July 2020 | Roosevelt Institute

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. Child Care Market: Evidence from Stay-at-Home Orders | 16 July 2020 | 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 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth  

  • Women and the future of work in the United States | 28 August 2020 | 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 

  • Immigrant Families Continued Avoiding the Safety Net during the COVID-19 Crisis | 1 February 2021 | Urban Institute

• 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 2020 | 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 2020 | U.S. Department Of Labor 

• Multimedia

  • Child care providers weigh the costs and benefits of reopening | 08 September 2020 | 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 2020 | US Congress

  • Americans are very likely to get $1,000 (or more) checks | 17 March 2020 | The Washington Post

  • Seattle offers $800 supermarket vouchers to families in need during coronavirus crisis | 17 March 2020 | CNN

  • Trump Seeks $500 Billion in Checks for Taxpayers | 18 March 2020 | The New York Times

  • Trump signs bill to ensure paid leave, other financial benefits | 19 March 2020 | The Washington Post

  • Coronavirus: Food stamp benefits increase for families in Florida | 20 March 2020 | WFLA

  • Free Meals for All New Yorkers Starting Friday; Childcare Programs Expanded | 20 March 2020 | NBCBlog

  • In Seattle, School Is Out, But Lunch Is Still In | 23 March 2020 | Next City

  • Research shows paid leave is needed to protect families, workers, and businesses during the coronavirus recession and beyond | 23 March 2020 | Washington Centre for Equitable Growth

  • The $1,200 coronavirus checks, explained | 23 March 2020 | Vox

  • A look at some financial assistance available during the coronavirus crisis | 24 March 2020 | ABC News

  • Coronavirus Threatens to Overwhelm Cities’ Social Safety Net | 29 March 2020 | The Wall Street Journal

  • Coronavirus stimulus cash: What Social Security recipients need to know | 01 April 2020 | Fox Business

  • La pavorosa caída de un titán económico con una frágil red social | 05 April 2020 | El País

  • New guidance for COVID-19 economic impact payments for Social Security | 13 April 2020 | 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 2020 | MarketPlace

  • COVID-19: California to give payments to undocumented immigrants | 15 April 2020 | Al Jazeera

  • Some Older Workers Feel Inclined to Take Early Social Security | 29 April 2020 | Planadviser

  • White House and Congress clash over liability protections for businesses as firms cautiously weigh virus reopening plans | 03 May 2020 | 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 2020 | 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 2020 | 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 2020 | Business Insider

  • Initiative brings millions of meals to children in need in rural areas | 14 May 2020 | 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 2020 | Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study - Harvard University

  • Transfer trauma: America's seniors suffer as care system pushes them between sites | 28 May 2020 | The Guardian

  • US weekly jobless claims hit 2.1 million, bringing the 10-week total to more than 40 million | 28 May 2020 | Business Insider

  • Economics in Brief: Adults With Children More Likely to Lose Income During COVID-19 | 29 May 2020 | Next City

  • One-Third of America’s Record Unemployment Payout Hasn’t Arrived | 02 June 2020 | Bloomberg

  • Unemployment Fraud Spreads Across U.S. as Coronavirus Boosts Claims | 03 June 2020 | The Wall Street Journal

  • More than US$1 billion in coronavirus relief payments sent to dead Americans: Report | 25 June 2020 | Global News

  • Economics in Brief: Federal Aid for Pandemic-Impacted Americans Is Working, But It’s About to Expire | 26 June 2020 | Next City

  • Ending the extra $600 federal benefit will harm ‘vast majority’ of unemployed workers, especially women and people of color | 06 July 2020 | Consumer News and Business Channel Make it 

  • Stimulus Checks Prevented Over 12 Million Americans From Poverty: Study | 08 July 2020 | Radio.com 

  • Explainer: What's at stake in the battle over U.S. unemployment benefits in Congress? | 27 July 2020 | Reuters 

  • The push for universal basic income is gaining momentum amid the pandemic | 29 July 2020 | Market Watch 

  • Millions of America’s working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic | 03 August 2020 | The Conversation 

  • County of Santa Clara Starts First-in-Nation “Universal Basic Income” Program for Young Adults Transitioning Out of Foster Care | 03 August 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish | 23 August 2020 | The Washington Post

  • Unemployment for Older Workers Surges During Pandemic | 03 November 2020 | Investopedia 

  • Congress Reaches a Deal on $900 Billion in Pandemic Relief | 21 December 2020 | Tax Foundation

  • Almost 3 million people fell off the unemployment benefits cliff  | 21 January 2021 | Consumer News and Business Channel

  • Cash Is Turning Out to Be the Most Effective Welfare | 09 March 2021 | Bloomberg​ 

  • Cash is Key to America’s COVID-19 Recovery | 19 March 2021 | Cash Matters [New]

• ​Op-Eds

  • Who Qualifies for Paid Leave Under the New Coronavirus Law | 19 March 2020 | The New York Times

  • Step One in Fighting the COVID-19 Economic Crisis | 23 March 2020 | Boston Review

  • What’s Good, Bad, and Mediocre in the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill | 25 March 2020 | NY Mag

  • Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time | 26 March 2020 | Foreign Affairs

  • Looking Ahead: The Nation’s Child Welfare Systems after Coronavirus | 30 March 2020 | The Chronicle of Social Change

  • The importance of an expanded U.S. Unemployment Insurance system during the coronavirus recession | 31 March 2020 | Washington Centre for Equitable Growth

  • The new inequalities and people-to-people social protection | 02 April 2020 | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research

  • Intersecting U.S. Epidemics: COVID-19 and Lack of Health Insurance | 07 April 2020 | Annals of Internal Medicine

  • Financing the COVID-19 deficit when you are short of money: Beware of copy-cat policymaking | 13 April 2020 | VOX Policy Portal

  • Trump and His Allies Are Worried About More Than November | 17 April 2020 | The New York Times

  • Let’s Make Sure The COVID-19 Response Doesn’t Threaten Social Security | 29 April 2020 | Forbes

  • How to get mutual aid to those who need it most | 01 May 2020 | Open Democracy

  • Social Security And Recessions: Study Shows How COVID-19 May Impact Your Benefits | 01 May 2020 | Forbes

  • As Hundreds of Farmworkers Test Positive for COVID-19, Many Remain Unprotected | 13 May 2020 | Civil Eats

  • Adapting Medicare Advantage Bidding For COVID-19-Related Uncertainty On Claims: A Proposal | 15 May 2020 | Health Affairs

  • We're Not All In It Together | 18 May 2020 | Boston Review

  • Roosevelt's New Deal offered hope in desperate times. We can do the same now | 20 May 2020 | The Guardian 

  • Even before coronavirus, Social Security was staring at a shortfall | 25 May 2020 | The Washington Post

  • 4 Ways COVID-19 Has Exposed Gaps in the US Social Safety Net | 26 May 2020 | Next City

  • The Impact of Upward Redistribution on Social Security Solvency (2020 Update) | 27 May 2020 | Center for Economic and Policy Research

  • In Austin, ConnectATX Makes COVID-19 Resources Easy to Find | 01 June 2020 | Next City

  • How the coronavirus recession is impacting part-time U.S. workers | 05 June 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth

  • A new jobs miracle needs to be laid on firmer foundations than the last | 08 June 2020 | Institute for Fiscal Studies

  • Income, liquidity, and the consumption response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic stimulus payments | 17 June 2020 | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research Portal

  • The social safety net: The gaps that COVID-19 spotlights | 23 June 2020 | Brookings

  • A feminist economic policy agenda in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the quest for racial justice | 29 June 2020 | Washington Center of Equitable Growth

  • Pandemic Aid Helps Make the Case for Basic Income | 07 July 2020 | Bloomberg 

  • New research finds enhanced U.S. social insurance will be necessary until the coronavirus recession recedes | 08 July 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth 

  • COVID-19 job and income loss leading to more hunger and financial hardship | 13 July 2020 | Brookings

  • COVID-19 and labour reallocation: Evidence from the US | 14 July 2020 | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research 

  • Study: Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Boosted Spending by 10% and Propped Up the U.S. Economy | 17 July 2020 | Basic Income Today

  • What’s the Fed doing in response to the COVID-19 crisis? What more could it do? | 17 July 2020 | Brookings 

  • New research on the Great Recession shows extended unemployment benefits insignificantly affect U.S. unemployment rates | 21 July 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth 

  • US failure to renew COVID-19 stimulus threatens further economic decline and unemployment | 12 August 2020 | Peterson Institute for International Economics

  • Measuring unemployment and labour force participation during the COVID-19 pandemic | 14 August 2020 | VOX Centre for Economic Policy Research

  • How to fix the Covid stimulus payment problem: Accounts, information, and infrastructure | 19 August 2020 | Brookings 

  • Get more money immediately to U.S. families and help them out of the coronavirus recession | 01 September 2020 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth

  • Why the Biden administration should invest in a global safety net | 02 December 2020 | Thomson Reuters Foundation

  • More cash for childless workers: A poor way to help the poor | 03 March 2021 | The Hill​ 

• Reports

  • How to Safely Feed Food-Insecure Seniors During a Pandemic | 12 March 2020 | 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 2020 | The New England Journal of Medicine

  • What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits? | 29 May 2020 | Brookings

  • Promoting Economic Recovery After COVID-19 | 16 June 2020 | The Aspen Institute 

  • State Insurance Reforms and the Trade-Offs of a Public Option | 25 June 2020 | Roosevelt Institute

  • How the Pandemic Is Changing the Economy | 16 July 2020 | The Hamilton Project 

  • The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market Outcomes Across Groups and the Potential for Permanent Scarring | 16 July 2020 | The Hamilton Project

  • The nature of work after the COVID crisis: Too few low-wage jobs | 16 July 2020 | The Hamilton Project

  • A True New Deal: Building an Inclusive Economy in the COVID-19 Era | 07 August 2020 | 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 2020 | 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