COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends
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Google Trends data is used to test whether COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to changes in well-being related topic search-terms, and finds a substantial increase in the search intensity for boredom and a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and sadness.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2021-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 356 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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The impact of COVID-19 on mental health service utilisation in England
Adrián Villaseñor,James M. Gaughan,María José Aragón Aragón,Nils Gutacker,Hugh Gravelle,Maria Goddard,Anne Mason,Adriana Castelli,Rowena Jacobs +8 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors quantify the impact of rapid service reconfigurations on activity levels for mental health providers in England during the first thirteen months (March 2020-March 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Celebrity drug use reporting in Indian media and its impact on drug-related online search behavior: An infodemiology study.
TL;DR: Media discussions on celebrity drug use may impact the online search behavior of the general public adversely and there is an need to develop and adhere to drug use reporting guidelines by media professionals.
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Assessing the spatial variability of raising public risk awareness for the intervention performance of COVID-19 voluntary screening: A spatial simulation approach
Fei-Ying Kuo,Tzai-Hung Wen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the spatial variations in raising public awareness on the effectiveness of COVID-19 screening and found that when public awareness is low, concentrating on unattractive areas (such as residential or urban fringe areas) could promote a higher benefit of testing.
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Let me Google that for you – Measuring firm internationalization using Google Trends
Harald Puhr,Jakob Müllner +1 more
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News shocks at the local level: Evidence from a conditional Covid-19 containment measure
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyze whether conditional measures impact transmission rates via a news-shock effect, that is, by incentivizing indirect actions in anticipation of the policies being carried out, and find that the Covid-19 incidence rate fell significantly in targeted constituencies following the announcement of a conditional containment measure, but prior to the policy being implemented.
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