@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp13411, author={Brodeur, Abel and Gray, David M. and Islam, Anik and Bhuiyan, Suraiya Jabeen}, title={A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19}, year={2020}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={13411}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13411}, abstract={The goal of this piece is to survey the emerging and rapidly growing literature on the economic consequences of COVID-19 and government response, and to synthetize the insights emerging from a very large number of studies. This survey (i) provides an overview of the data sets used to measure social distancing and COVID-19 cases and deaths; (ii) reviews the literature on the determinants of compliance and effectiveness of social distancing; (iii) summarizes the literature on the socio-economic consequences of COVID-19 and government interventions, focusing on labor, health, gender, discrimination and environmental aspects; and (iv) discusses policy proposals.}, keywords={COVID-19;coronavirus;employment;lockdowns}, }