COVID-Economics Links (April 19)

• The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on gender equality - Alon, Doepke, Olmstead-Rumsey and Tertilt  (VoxEU.org)
• Effective reproduction number in real time (US) - rt.live
• Rationing Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Transmission Risk and Social Benefits of US Locations - Benzell, Collis and Nicolaides
• The Subway Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City - Jeffrey E. Harris (NBER WP)
• The Geographic Spread of COVID-19 Correlates with Structure of Social Networks as Measured by Facebook - Kuchler, Russel and Stroebel (NBER WP)
• Covid19 and the Macroeconomic Effects of Costly Disasters Ludvigson, Ma and Ng (NBER WP)
• The corona spreads - Esteves and Sussman (VoxEU.org)
• Economics Virtual Seminar Calendar - IDEAS
• The SDR is an idea whose time has come -  Gavyn Davies (FT)
• Africa in the news: African governments, multilaterals address COVID-19 emergency, debt relief - Gandhi and Golubski (Brookings)
• How to secure the future of the eurozone - FT.com
• Bolsonaro, Brazil and the coronavirus crisis in emerging markets - FT.com
• Fumbling for the exit strategy - The Economist
• With Broad, Random Tests for Antibodies, Germany Seeks Path Out of Lockdown - NYTimes