Gauging COVID-19’s Ongoing Impact on LMI Communities
Chalise, Nishesh; Gutkowski, Violeta A. (2022-02-22)
Building capacity to provide critical services to low- to moderate-income communities will be key to ensuring an equitable recovery and resiliency.
On the Economy

Journal Article
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to COVID-19 Relief
Gutkowski, Violeta A. (2022-07-26)
Unequal access to relief programs may help explain why LMI communities of color were more likely to report pandemic-related disruptions than white LMI communities.
Economic Synopses

Journal Article
Low- to Moderate-Income Community Development Outlook for Communities of Color in the Eighth District
Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Shapiro, Rose (2021-11-17)
Our Institute for Economic Equity reviews the economic conditions, including the impact of COVID-19, on LMI individuals and communities of color within our District.
Bridges , Volume 2021 (4)

Journal Article
Eighth District LMI Communities Respond to COVID-19’s Toll
Chalise, Nishesh; Gutkowski, Violeta A. (2021-02-24)
Read a synopsis of the ways COVID-19 continues to impact LMI communities and individuals within the Eighth District of the Federal Reserve System.
Bridges , Volume 2021 (1)

Journal Article
How Is COVID-19 Impacting Eighth District LMI Communities? An Update
Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Chalise, Nishesh (2022-11-17)
A Fed survey shows Eighth District communities continued recovering from COVID-19 disruptions, but returning to pre-pandemic conditions may still take time.
Bridges , Volume 2022 (4)

Essay
Racial Equity Could Produce Widespread Economic Gains
Choi, Laura; Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Kent, Ana Hernández (2023-01-12)
An analysis suggests that racial and ethnic equity in employment, hours worked, education and earnings could expand U.S. GDP by trillions of dollars.
Economic Equity Insights

Journal Article
Lockdown Responses to COVID-19
Gutkowski, Violeta A. (2021-04-15)
This article describes the relationship between countries' lockdown responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and those countries' political rights and civil liberties, macroeconomic variables, and vulnerability to the virus. Political rights and civil liberties cannot explain the differences in lockdown timing across countries. Countries with high contagion exposure due to weak water sanitation and weak health systems locked down their economies as fast as possible to reduce contagion. However, countries more vulnerable to COVID-19 due to large fractions of elderly and smokers in the population did ...
Review , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , Pages 127-151

Journal Article
COVID-19’s Ongoing Effects on Early Childhood Education in St. Louis
Evans, Sam; Gutkowski, Violeta A. (2020-11-16)
What are the longstanding implications of the pandemic’s impact on the child care ecosystem in St. Louis?
Bridges , Volume 2020 (4)

Journal Article
Access to Mental Health Services in the Eighth District Lags U.S.
Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Scott, Sophia (2023-05-24)
Access to mental health services in the Eighth District is low relative to the U.S. as a whole. An analysis examines this lag and its economic implications.
Bridges

Essay
Nonprofits Serving and Led by People of Color Showed Pandemic Resiliency
Guo, Baorong; Gutkowski, Violeta A.; Chalise, Nishesh (2023-09-26)
Nonprofits serving and led by people of color were resilient to pandemic challenges, despite fewer government funds and significant economic disruption.
Economic Equity Insights