Program
October 29 - 30, 2020
Day 1 |
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Welcome Address by Arie Kapteyn (USC, Center for Economic and Social Research) |
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SESSION 1A
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Education and Gender during a PandemicModerator: Anna Saavedra (Behavioral Scientist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Maria Prados (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Gender Differences in Couples’ Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health during COVID-19 |
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Shira Korn Haderlein (USC Rossier School of Education) The Educational Experiences of American Families in the Time of COVID: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Panel |
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Eduardo Gonzalez and Clare Baek (University of Southern California) The Economic and Academic Experiences of Students during COVID-19 |
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Hans-Martin von Gaudecker (Universität Bonn) The CoViD-19 crisis and the gender division of market and household work |
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SESSION 1B
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Perceptions and BehaviorsModerator: Joanne Yoong (Senior Economist, Director Research and Science, USC Center for Economic and Social Research EAST) |
Suan Ee Ong (Research for Impact) Understanding knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviours around COVID-19 in Singapore via WhatsApp focus group discussions |
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Thomas Jamieson (University of Nebraksa at Omaha) and Nicholas Weller (University of California, Riverside) Incentives, Anxiety, Political Trust, and Protective Behavior during COVID-19 |
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Wändi Bruine de Bruin (University of Southern California) Political polarization in US residents’ COVID-19 risk perceptions, policy preferences, and protective behaviors |
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Guy Ishai (Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalem) Behavior-Predicting Beliefs are Inconsistent with Information-Based Beliefs: Evidence from COVID-19 |
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SESSION 2A
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Aging during COVID-19Moderator: Tarra Kohli (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Karra Harrington (Pennsylvania State University) Adjusting to COVID-19 the Pandemic: Einstein Aging Study Participants & Protocol |
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Silvia Barcellos (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Varied and Unexpected Changes in the Well-being of Seniors in the United States amid the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Alex Rees-Jones (University of Pennsylvania) COVID-19 Changed Tastes for Safety-Net Programs |
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Sita Slavov (George Mason University; American Enterprise Institute) Retirement and Social Security Claiming During the Pandemic |
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SESSION 2B
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Cash and the ConsumerModerator: Leandro Carvalho (Research Scientist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Kevin Foster (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) Covid-19 and Cash Use in the United States |
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Gradon Nicholls (Bank of Canada) Cash and COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic on the demand for and use of cash in Canada |
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Jake Schild (US Bureau of Labor Statistics) Consumer Response to the Economic Stimulus Payment and Life in the Time of Covid |
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Qi Sun (Texas Tech University) How Does Government Support Influence U.S. Household's Debt Repayment Behavior Under the COVID-19 Pandemic? |
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SESSION 3A
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Medical Beliefs and BehaviorModerator: Silvia Barcellos (Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Erica Harrison (ORB International) COVID-19 and Vaccine Hesitancy: Confidence on a Knife Edge |
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Emily Smail (Johns Hopkins University) The Health Belief Model and Preventive Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Jennifer Ailshire (University of Southern California) Media trust and infection mitigating behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA |
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SESSION 3B
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Emotional Well Being during COVID-19Moderator: Francisco Perez-Arce (Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Ellyn Maese (Gallup) The Emotional Journey of COVID-19: Tracking Affect and Life Evaluation through the Pandemic |
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Karen Chartier (Virginia Commonwealth University) Social media use and alcohol consumption in U.S. adults at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Giancarlo Pasquini (Stony Brook University) Community Distress and COVID-19: A Study of Bronx County Older Adults’ Emotional Well-Being |
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Natalie Theys (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Understanding Trends in Protective and Social Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Day 2 |
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SESSION 4A
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The Racial ExperienceModerator: Ying Liu (Research Scientist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Jörg Dollmann (University of Mannheim; German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)) COVID-19 associated discrimination in Germany: Realistic and symbolic threats |
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Stephen W. Pan (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University) Coronavirus stigmatization and psychological distress among ethnoracial minority groups in the United States |
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Rose Maria Li (Rose Li and Associates, Inc.) How COVID-19 Has Affected the Asian American and Pacific Islander Population |
Serge Atherwood (University of California, Berkeley) Improved estimation of state-level racial/ethnic disparities in U.S. COVID-19 mortality |
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Alexandra Skinner (Boston University School of Public Health) Racial disparities in bereavement due to COVID-19 and implications for mental health |
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SESSION 4B
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Mental Health and COVID-19Moderator: Daniel Bennett (Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Peter van der Velden (CentERdata) Mental health problems among workers with and without physical illness, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Ricardo Gonzalez (Unversidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago de Chile) The Influence of Self-Reported Received and Perceived Social Support on Mental Health amid COVID-19 Pandemic in Chile |
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Jacqueline Cronin (University of Wisconsin - Madison) The intersection of mental health and COVID-19: how exposure, testing, behaviors, and perceptions influence mental health outcomes |
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Marco Angrisani (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Heterogeneity in Experience of and Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic by Personality Traits |
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SESSION 5A
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Health Behaviors and Family LifeModerator: Maria Prados (Economist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Stephanie Steinmetz (University of Lausanne) Compatibility of family and work during the Covid-19 lockdown in Switzerland |
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Parker T. Robbins (Boston College) Metrics and causes of family distress during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Timothy W. Levengood (Boston University School of Public Health) Financial precarity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals during the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic – a descriptive study |
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Ashlesha Datar (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Changes in Health Behaviors and Risk Factors in Military Families During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
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SESSION 5B
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Financial and Food InsecurityModerator: Wändi Bruine de Bruin (Professor of Public Policy, University of Southern California) |
Kayla de la Haye (Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California) The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County |
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Julia Raifman (Boston Univeristy School of Public Health) Unemployment insurance and food insecurity among people who lost employment in the wake of COVID-19 |
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Necati Celik (Financial Health Network) How Spending and Saving Change Across Different Groups During a Pandemic: Survey and Transactional Evidence |
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Robert Clark (North Carolina State University) Financial Fragility in the Time of Coronavirus |
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SESSION 6A
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Individual Health BehaviorsModerator: Jeremy Burke (Research Scientist, USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Sarah McKetta (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health) Trends in US alcohol consumption during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic |
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Sydney Miller (University of Southern California) The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dietary Patterns in Los Angeles County |
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Kate Vasiloff (Untold Research) The Impact of COVID-19 on Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Services in India |
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Suman Mathur (Health District of Northern Larimer County) Assessing Changes in Population Health, Health Behaviors, and Access to Care Among Northern Colorado Adults |
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SESSION 6B
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The Effects on EmploymentModerator: Marco Angrisani (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) |
Ellyn Maese (Gallup) Working Through COVID-19: The Great Migration to Remote Work |
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Daniel Bennett (USC Center for Economic and Social Research) Remote Work and the Heterogeneous Impact of COVID-19 on Employment and Health |
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Hayley Brown (Center for Economic and Policy Research) Disability and Employment in the Time of Coronavirus |
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Philip Armour (Economist, RAND Corporation) Employment Trajectories in the Pandemic: A Longitudinal Look at Work Status, Working Conditions, Finances, and Mental Health with the RAND American Life Panel |