01734cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF021481 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513567723 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Barrett, Philip. Social Repercussions of Pandemics / Philip Barrett, Sophia Chen. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Epidemics may have social scarring effects, increasing the likelihood of social unrest. They may also have mitigating effect, suppressing unrest by dissuading social activities. Using a new monthly panel on social unrest in 130 countries, we find a positive cross-sectional relationship between social unrest and epidemics. But the relationship reverses in the short run, implying that the mitigating effect dominates in the short run. Recent trends in social unrest immediately before and after the COVID-19 outbreak are consistent with this historic evidence. It is reasonable to expect that, as the pandemic fades, unrest may reemerge in locations where it previously existed. Mode of access: Internet Chen, Sophia. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/021 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/021/001.2021.issue-021-en.xml IMF e-Library