The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdown measures disrupted billions of lives, inflicted unprecedented economic damage, and caused several significant changes in consumer behavior, corporate decision making, and government policy. Whether these changes will be temporary or permanent remains largely unknown, but as the world adapts to COVID-19 it seems more likely than not that some changes will persist long after the virus has receded. The fourth quarter 2020 edition of Research Digest features three papers discussing potential long-run implications of COVID-19.