Compelling statistical evidence that it is the virus not the mandated lockdown that hurts the economy comes from a comparison of Sweden and Denmark. Important work supporting the argument I and many others made:
https://t.co/PD3XAVS5Mb https://t.co/4WQWOiOj8c
Pleased to announce that our paper quantifying the overall effect of US minimum wages on low-wage jobs is now forthcoming at the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Here's the current version: https://t.co/noG5yZHsQG