Effects of COVID-19-related economic support on household financial distress

The COVID‐19 pandemic had a major impact on people’s lives, changing the socialbehaviours and the economic conditions of most individuals. These changes weremainly due to the pandemic-related restrictions implemented by governments tolimit the spread of the virus, such as social distancing requirements, mask man-dates, mobility restrictions, and even lockdowns.The effects of these COVID-19-related measures had heterogeneous economiceffects on the population, depending on people’s job type and job sector, their edu-cation, and other factors