Protest Dynamics: Evidence from Foot Traffic Data

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6.26.20. Noah Williams. Following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, there have been substantial protests in many cities around the country, and indeed around the world. These protests have brought significant numbers of people into the streets to protest police brutality, racism, and structural inequality. In this brief I use foot traffic data to analyze the dynamics of the protests at different locations around the United States

Reopening the Economy: Early Evidence from Georgia and Wisconsin

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5.29.20. Noah Williams. After implementing stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of the COVID-19, over the past couple of weeks, a number of states have moved toward “reopening” their economies.

Reopening Wisconsin: Current Economic & Health Indexes

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5.7.20. Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy, UW-Madison. In our report, “Reopening Wisconsin” we provide both economic and health metrics to consider when moving toward relaxing social distancing guidelines. This brief updates the current economic and health indexes.

Measuring Wisconsin Economic Activity Using Foot Traffic Data

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5.6.20. Noah Williams. The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to unprecedented social and economic disruptions around the globe. The economies in many locations have ground to a halt, as social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus have increasingly led to businesses being shut down and workers ordered to shelter in place.

Measuring Proximity to Others in the Workplace

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5.5.20. Kim Ruhl. This brief uses data that score occupations by how closely workers interact with others in order to rank industries on their potential to spread disease through close contact. This report is part of a larger effort at CROWE to document and analyze the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Impact of Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders: Estimating the Heterogeneous Effects Using GPS Data from Mobile Devices

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4.29.20. Junjie Guo. In response to the spread of COVID-19, most states in the U.S. have ordered nonessential businesses to close and residents to not leave home unless necessary. This paper estimates the impact of these stay-at-home orders on the mobility of Americans using GPS data from mobile devices

Reopening Wisconsin: Regional Health and Economic Factors

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4.28.20. CROWE. Most states have imposed stay-at-home orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now many are considering guidelines for reopening, which have been based solely on current health indicators. We consider both economic and health factors, accounting for differences across regions and industries.

Consumer Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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4.23.20. Noah Williams. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the United States, consumers have changed their spending habits dramatically. Initially, the changes began with people canceling inessential travel, limiting attendance at large gatherings, generally limiting social exposure, and moving from purchases in-store to online.

Air Traffic Data as a Proxy for Economic Activity in the Transportation Sector

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4.8.20. Simeon Alder. The imposition of numerous social distancing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed economic activity significantly. The impact, however, varies across industries and one of the challenges at this time is to measure the impact in a timely manner.

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese Economy

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4.6.20. Chang Liu. The COVID-19 pandemic has now spread across the globe, causing significant economic disruption all over the world. China was the first and one of the hardest-hit countries in this global fight.