The societal responses to COVID-19: Evidence from the G7 countries

Katharina Lima de Miranda and Dennis J. Snower
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Dennis J. Snower: b Socio Economic Transformation Program, The New Institute, 20354 Hamburg, Germany;; c Global Solutions Initiative, 10969 Berlin, Germany;; d Hertie School of Governance, 10117 Berlin, Germany;; e Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom;; f Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, Oxford, OX2 6GG, United Kingdom;; g Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC 20036

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, vol. 119, issue 25, e2117155119

Abstract: We examine the effects of the pandemic in terms of normative foundations for societal well-being in terms of Solidarity, Agency, GDP, and Environmental Performance. Our findings show that while G7 countries experienced similar qualitative changes in GDP and environmental performance in 2020, they had markedly divergent experiences with respect to Solidarity and Agency. This has potentially important implications for assessing societal well-being beyond GDP and environmental sustainability. Since Solidarity and Agency are amenable to policy influence, our findings suggest that the current preoccupation with economic policies in response to the pandemic may need to be supplemented by solidarity- and agency-enhancing social policies.

Keywords: COVID-19; well-being; social sustainability; empowerment; beyond GDP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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