discovery, learning effects in the health care sector, and the severity of output losses due to a lockdown. In our baseline …

How much and when should we limit economic and social activity to ensure that the health-care system is not overwhelmed …

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 … cannot explain cross-country differences in COVID-19 confirmed deaths. The fatalities of coronavirus are mostly explained by … cross-country variation in health infrastructures (e.g., share of out of pocket spending on health per capita and the number …

In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic … diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health … deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits …

of the long-term health impact of the pandemic. Our model also explains large socioeconomic health differences that can …In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on … socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and …

Early non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) significantly reduced the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there …

the county level, as well as potentially confounding weather conditions and the regional stage of the pandemic. We find …