Covid-19, unemployment, and health: time for deeper solutions?
Martin Hensher
Abstract
As covid-19 drives unemployment rates around the world to levels unseen in generations, once radical economic policy proposals are rapidly gaining a hearing. <b>Martin Hensher</b> examines how job guarantee or universal basic income schemes might support better health and better economics
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Unemployment2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Computer scienceEconomicsMedicineEconomic growthVirologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDiseaseEmployment and Welfare StudiesGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth disparities and outcomes