The Political Scar of Epidemics

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Eichengreen, Barry; Saka, Orkun

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“…On the global level, the low student satisfaction with governments (not in line with the findings of Pan [30] and Baloran [47]) and banks shows that young generations do not trust them, although they were and are still providing some measures to alleviate the severe consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic [44]. In fact, according to Aksoy et al [115] the current epidemic could lead to the further erosion of satisfaction and trust in political leaders and institutions and may leave behind a long-lasting political scar on the current young generation. The selected socio-demographic factors influenced the level of satisfaction with institutions in the same way as was described by way of a general observation.…”

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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

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The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date on how students perceive the impacts of the first wave of COVID-19 crisis in early 2020 on various aspects of their lives on a global level. With a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries, the study reveals that amid the worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support provided by teaching staff and their universities’ public relations. Still, deficient computer skills and the perception of a higher workload prevented them from perceiving their own improved performance in the new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about issues to do with their future professional career and studies, and experienced boredom, anxiety, and frustration. The pandemic has led to the adoption of particular hygienic behaviours (e.g., wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily practices (e.g., leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role played by hospitals and universities during the epidemic compared to the governments and banks. The findings also show that students with certain socio-demographic characteristics (male, part-time, first-level, applied sciences, a lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life during the crisis, whereas female, full-time, first-level students and students faced with financial problems were generally affected more by the pandemic in terms of their emotional life and personal circumstances. Key factors influencing students’ satisfaction with the role of their university are also identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions around the world may benefit from these findings while formulating policy recommendations and strategies to support students during this and any future pandemics.

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“…On a global level, a low students' satisfaction with governments (not in a line with findings of Pan [30] and Baloran [47] and banks reflects that young generations do not trust them although they were and are still providing some measures, dedicated to alleviate the severe consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic [44]. In fact, according to Aksoy et al [115] the current epidemic can result in the further erosion of satisfaction and trust in political leaders and institutions, and may leave behind a long-lasting political scar on the current young generation. The selected sociodemographic factors influenced the satisfaction with institutions in the same way as it was described as a general observation.…”

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confidence: 96%

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

Aristovnik¹,

Keržič²,

Ravšelj³

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The paper aims to present the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date of students’ perceived impacts of COVID-19 crisis on different aspects of their lives on a global level. The study with a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries reveals that due to worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support of teaching staff and universities’ public relations. Nevertheless, a lack of computer skills and the perception of increased workload prevented them from perceiving higher performance in a new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about their future professional career and studying issues, and were feeling boredom, anxiety and frustration. The pandemic encouraged some hygienic behaviors (i.e. wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily habits (i.e. leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role of hospitals and universities during the epidemic, compared to government and banks. Further findings demonstrate that students with selected sociodemographic characteristics (male, part-time, first level, applied sciences, lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were, in general, more strongly affected by the pandemic as they were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life. Key factors influencing students' satisfaction with the role of university have also been identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions worldwide may benefit from these findings when formulating policy recommendations and tactics on how to support students during the pandemic.

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“…First, it is too early to tell whether the effects documented in this paper will be long lasting. Previous studies documented that the impact of job loss on attitudes toward welfare programs was short lived after the global financial crisis (Margalit 2013), whereas the impact of recessions (Giuliano and Spilimbergo 2014) and epidemics (Aksoy, Eichengreen, and Saka 2020) in forging attitudes of cohorts experiencing such upheavals during their "impressionable age" was found to be longer lasting. Even so, one might conjecture that the pandemic's acceleration after the survey's conclusion could have strengthened the effects.…”

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“…Moreover, other factors may simultaneously be causing changes in attitudes. For example, other researchers have recently found that epidemics weaken trust in government (Aksoy, Eichengreen, and Saka 2020).…”

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Pandemic and Progressivity

Klemm

Mauro

2021

IMF Working Papers

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Based on a survey of about 2,500 US resident adults, we show that people who have experienced serious illness or job loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or who personally know someone who has, favor a temporary progressive levy or structural progressive tax reform to a greater extent than others in the sample, controlling for income, demographic characteristics, and other factors. People who reveal preferences for spending items (more on police, military, border protection; less on education, health, environment) that are associated with communitarian (rather than universalist) moral perspectives generally show weaker support for progressive reforms, but more communitarians change their views as a result of personal experience. The results are consistent with previous findings that economic upheavals can mold individuals’ views on policy matters.

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The Political Scar of Epidemics

Cited by 43 publications

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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

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