Social, health, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological control measures

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. Its economic and social effects, however, varied across countries. This multidisciplinary book presents the first results of analyses that combined the renowned longitudinal database of SHARE with new data from two telephone surveys that were uniquely conducted during the pandemic. The analyses address important policy-related issues, such as: Did social distancing destabilize family and social support networks? Did the pandemic increase health, social and economic inequality? Who had to forego essential health care because of the pandemic? Did lockdown affect one’s physical and mental health? Did the shift towards remote work affect workload and well-being? Were different housing conditions related to the spread of the virus?

Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich; Germany, and professor at the Technical University of Munich. He is Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Cambridge, Mass., USA, and Principal Investigator and Managing Director of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

Anita Abramowska-Kmon (Ph.D. in Economics) is demographer, assistant professor at the Institute of Statistics and Demography (ISD) at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics.

Karen Andersen-Ranberg is a professor in geriatric medicine at Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Agar Brugiavini (Ph.D. in Economics) is full professor of Economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, has been Permanent Lecturer in Finance at the City University Business School, London (UK) and visiting professor of University College London (UK).

Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak is Vice-Rector for Science and Director of the Institute of Statistics and Demography at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. 　

Prof. Florence Jusot is full professor of economics at Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France, research fellow at LEDA and associated researcher at the Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics.

Prof. Howard Litwin, Ph.D. is an emeritus professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Šime Smolić is associate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), University of Zagreb.

Guglielmo Weber was assistant professor at University College London, associate professor at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and is full professor at Padua University.