Economic shocks can have outsized effects on children, interrupting their growth and development. How well did policy buffer households with children from the economic consequences of the COVID-19 downturn? How did changes in areas like childcare, food and nutrition, and health insurance affect children’s well-being? On this episode of Recession Remedies podcast, host David Wessel is joined by Anna Aizer, professor at Brown University and co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research Program on Children, and Claudia Persico, assistant professor at American University.
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Commentary
PodcastHow did economic policy affect children’s well-being during COVID-19?
Anna Aizer,
Anna Aizer
Professor of Economics
- Brown University
Claudia Persico, and
Claudia Persico
Assistant Professor
- American University,
Faculty Research Fellow
- National Bureau of Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics
@ClaudiaLPersico
David Wessel
David Wessel
Director
- The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy,
Senior Fellow
- Economic Studies
@davidmwessel
June 28, 2022