One country that appeared to have kept the infection under control despite limited societal restrictions is Japan. This commentary explores why Japan may have, up to now, been spared an escalation of the ‐CoV‐2 infections.doi:10.15252/emmm.202012481Akiko Iwasaki...
The Chinese government believes that it’s now acceptable to gradually lift all the COVID restrictions as the virulence of the coronavirus is not as strong as it used to be. Moreover, a large number of the local population have been vaccinated, which, to a certain extent, protects them fro...
Special Note: These past few years have been particularly hard on VPN users in China. With COVID-19, Hong Kong protests, the trade wars and other major narratives China wants to control, the Ministry of Information has been particularly harsh. All that to say this: no matter which VPN you...
counties and European regions, they find that measures of civic mindedness are positively associated with greater voluntary compliance with mandated restrictions. The growing research interest in the determinants of COVID-19 social distancing measures motivates our study. More generally, we believe that ...
Some cities (e.g., Paris and Barcelona) have the strictest policies regarding who can and cannot rent out their properties through Airbnb, while other cities (e.g., Amsterdam, Berlin, London, San Francisco, and New York City) have looser restrictions (Tun, 2019). The lodging industry is...
The COVID-19 outbreak caused a disruption of the conventional education system worldwide. This resulted in a shift towards online mode of delivery. This study analyzed the pandemic’s effect on the education of students from diverse socioeconomic groups
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, some of the PTs in the LUMC during the academic years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 were taken from home by students, via a digital assessment platform. As the COVID-19 restrictions intensified during the pandemic (e.g. total lockdown), exam conditions varied...
We explore the following questions: how will more globalized countries respond to COVID-19? Do they have more confirmed cases before they first implement travel restrictions? Do they take longer to implement travel restriction policies in general? Which dimension of globalization (i.e., social, po...
to invest in China. It has also expanded the scope of foreign investment and imported goods, and procured global goods through its import expos. China's opening-up is helping the country steadily recover from the shock o...
2.2. Crime and location during COVID 19 mobility restrictions and lifestyle changes In the examination of the impact of COVID-19 on levels of crime, many criminologists have focused on choice-based theories, which include elements of routine activities, crime pattern theory, and opportunity perspe...