The year of the Covid in France or the story of a double containment.

Summary By early 2020, the idea of a global pandemic was foreign to most of us. And, of course, the idea of containment was even more alien to us. But the record of this year's Covid-19 is still marked by the fact that many governments around the world have enacted travel bans and other restrictive measures. In France, people now have the experience of two national lockdowns. The spring lockdown, which lasted two months, was strict, closing schools, restricting access to open public spaces and closing most workplaces. The fall lockdown, the second of the year, was more flexible, with schools and businesses remaining open for the most part. But for both lockdowns, everyone in France was required to provide an affidavit to carry out essential outings. Public meetings, bars and restaurants also remained closed. This policy brief analyzes how the French population fared during the year, comparing the experiences of the first and second lockdowns through the lens of inequality. As with the other policy briefs in this series, we use the explanatory power of repeated surveys of the same people, all of whom are part of the French longitudinal ELIPSS panel.