This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that have been … influential in recent policy discussions. It notes potentially important features of the real- world environment that the standard …

estimates the causal effect of this measure on mortality by Covid-19 and on mobility patterns. The identification of the causal … economic lockdown is associated to a statistically significant reduction in mortality by Covid-19 and, in particular, for age … percentage point reduction in the share of active population caused a 1.32 percentage points reduction in mortality by Covid-19 …

We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth … relatively strict employment protection regulations have a positive influence on suicide mortality. These findings indicate that …

Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Epidemic provide plausible upper bounds for … outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 43 countries imply flu-related deaths in 1918-1920 of 39 million, 2 ….0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …