The Short-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Labour Market Outcomes: Comparative Systematic Evidence

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Acute stress and fear scales during the COVID-19 pandemic: development and evaluation in a Costa Rican sample

“…The coronavirus pandemic goes beyond a merely biomedical event. It has had a health dimension, evidenced in fatality rates and disabilities (Smith, 2022), among other health outcomes, but it also has a socioeconomic dimension, evidenced in unemployment and job loss (Demena et al, 2022), among others. These health and socioeconomic outcomes may, subsequently, have psychological effects as well.…”