Achou Bertrand, Boisclair David, d'Astous Philippe, Fonseca Raquel, Glenzer Franca, Michaud Pierre-Carl
Retirement and Savings Institute, HEC Montréal, Montreal, Quebec.
Department of Finance, HEC Montréal, Montreal, Quebec.
Can Public Policy. 2020 Oct 1;46(Suppl 3):S217-S235. doi: 10.3138/cpp.2020-087.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surged in early March 2020, with unemployment reaching historic levels in April 2020. This study paints an early portrait of the pandemic's impact on the finances of households in Quebec, one of the hardest-hit provinces in terms of COVID-19 cases as well as unemployment levels. The article also provides an understanding of how government emergency benefit programs may have helped households get by during the early period of the pandemic. Finally, we draw on expectations data collected in a survey of 3,009 respondents living in Quebec to illustrate what households can expect for the rest of 2020.
2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行于2020年3月初激增,2020年4月失业率达到历史最高水平。本研究描绘了大流行对魁北克家庭财务状况影响的早期情况,魁北克是在COVID-19病例数和失业率方面受影响最严重的省份之一。本文还阐述了政府紧急福利计划在大流行初期可能如何帮助家庭维持生计。最后,我们利用对居住在魁北克的3009名受访者进行调查所收集的预期数据,来说明家庭对2020年剩余时间的期望。