Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, various studies have examined how large domestic and multinational firms respond to economic shocks, including health-related ones. But there has been less focus on how family-operated micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) modify their business decisions when faced with such disruptions. Similarly, relatively little … [Read more...] about When Insurance for Small Businesses Provides Broad Social Gains
Cynthia Kinnan

Cynthia Kinnan
Cynthia Kinnan is an assistant professor of economics at Tufts University. Her current projects include studying the effects of health insurance and long-term effects of microfinance (both in India), social networks in Thailand, and intra-household bargaining in China. She is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and a faculty fellow of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern. She holds a PhD in economics from MIT.