In April 2020, the U.S. government sent economic impact payments (EIPs) directly to households as part of its measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic. We characterize these stimulus checks as a wealth shock for...
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Furthermore, digital platforms minimized the usage of bills and coins that were likely to carry the virus (Gardner 2020; Samantha 2020) by accepting only digital payments, thereby effectively preventing the spread of the virus. Third, such digital platforms are linked to SDG target 8.3, as they...
22 Family physicians in a PEM have overall responsibility for meeting the primary care needs of enrolled patients; incentive payments are intended to discourage physicians from sending patients to seek care outside of the enrolling group.23 The remaining Ontario population either are unattached to a ...
Some key changes include the increasing popularity of online shopping, cashless payments, online education, and even working from home. In January 2023, a survey conducted on online shopping behavior in Thailand suggested that the majority of Thais have shopped online more. Working from home also ...
(for example, environmental rehabilitation and conservation), resilient clean energy infrastructure and payments for ecosystem services. Additional spending on worker retraining for A&R jobs and investing in climate change educational programmes also contributed to both mitigation and A&R objectives. ...
(Wagenaar & Altink,2012, p. 11). This dependency is reflected in an experience shared by Vanessa. She describes how her operator used Vanessa’s dependency on her for access to a legal workspace to avoid tax payments. Like this lady, some operators privilege workers who are willing to ...
Our results provide preliminary evidence that the EIP had a positive effect on mortgage payments during the COVID-19 pandemic, and show that future government stimulus payments should take into account patterns in saving affecting repayment.Florence Neymotin...
and an ambulance was needed. Workers found that they were having to respond to wide ranging and complex problems. These included removing waste from crowded apartments, delivering baby formula, negotiating with Centrelink for income payments, and translating basic information into Arabic and Vietnamese...
Finally, smart payment (also known as contactless payment) technologies minimize human contact during cash payments; their demand tends to continue high in the post-COVID era [46]. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of several technologies—such as Big Data, robotics, AI, and IoT—...