Different Social and Economic Strategies Taken in Spring 2020 in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Their Medium-term Economic Consequences across the EU Countries
| Author: | Bc. Jan Stuchlík |
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| Year: | 2021 - summer |
| Leaders: | Mgr. Barbara Pertold-Gebicka M.A., Ph.D. |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 73 |
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| Link: | https://ckis.cuni.cz:443/F/?func=direct&doc_number=002448010&local_base=CKS01&format=999 |
| Abstract: | This thesis describes measures taken by the EU countries during spring 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and explains the effects of these measures on unemployment and economic growth using panel data regression analysis. We compare different approaches of the countries. Most of the restrictions caused unemployment to increase and economic growth to decrease. The effects on unemployment were often delayed for up to three months. Bans on indoor events, stay-at-home recommendations and closures of non-essential shops had the largest negative effects on employment in the EU. Closures of primary schools, closures of accommodation facilities and bans on indoor events had the biggest negative effects on GDP growth. The changes in economic growth were not directly proportional to the number of people infected by COVID-19. Countries that imposed wide restrictions were not proven to suffer from larger economic losses than countries introducing less strict interventions. |
