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drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … states with more nursing homes per capita, in states with more COVID-19 deaths, and with more health workers. The subset of …
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that are too loose lead to higher deaths tolls and higher economic costs in the long run. We suggest this finding as a …
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this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also …
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and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …
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The purpose of this paper is to construct a relative performance index for the States in India in terms of their performance in combatting Covid-19 pandemic. The data is analyzed up to August, 2020, though the methodology used can be readily extended to update the index. The methodology can be...
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more generally. Using a novel dataset that provides information on spatial variation in Plague mortality at the city level … population returns to high-mortality locations endowed with more rural and urban fixed factors of production. Land suitability …
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We examine the extent to which exposure to higher relative COVID-19 mortality (RM), influences health system trust (HST … the costs of complying with COVID-19 restrictions, but only so long as excess mortality does not exceed the average by …
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This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs....
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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 … groups between 40-64 and older. Back of the envelope calculations indicate that 4,793 deaths were avoided, in the 26 days …
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. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather … significant positive effects of PM10 concentration after the onset of the illness on COVID-19 deaths specifically for elderly … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …
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