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Transmissible diseases, vaccination and inequality
Camacho, Carmen; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2023
We build a Susceptible-Infected-Vaccinated Economic two-sector growth model to study the evolution of inequality in an economy with two groups of workers, who are differently exposed to a transmissible disease. We show that the economy can lead to various scenarios in the long run, which range...
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Occupational exposure to contagion and the spread of COVID-19 in Europe
Lewandowski, Piotr - 2020
Social contacts are a key transmission channel of infectious diseases spread by the respiratory or close-contact route, such as COVID-19. There is no evidence, however, on the question of whether the nature and the organisation of work affect the spread of COVID-19 in different countries. I have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213013
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Optimal travel restrictions in epidemics
Shi, Wei; Qiu, Yun; Yu, Pei; Chen, Xi - 2022
Travel restrictions are often imposed to limit the spread of infectious diseases. As uniform restrictions can be inefficient and incur unnecessarily high costs, this paper examines the optimal design of restrictions that target specific travel routes. We propose a model with trade-offs between...
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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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Trust in the time of corona
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N.; Justino, Patricia; … - 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239442
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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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Death and destitution: the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518090
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The unequal impact of the COVID pandemic : theory and evidence on health and economic outcomes for different income groups
Aubert, Cécile; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022
This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has … reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two … loosing their income because of contamination. Data on six countries confirm a disproportionate impact of the epidemic on the …
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Epidemic exposure, financial technology, and the digital divide
Brausewetter, Lars; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Trunzer, Johannes - 2022
We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage and who participates in this shift. We … exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals in 140 countries …, merging them with information on the incidence of epidemics and local 3G internet infrastructure. Epidemic exposure is …
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From mancession to shecession: women's employment in regular and pandemic recessions
Alon, Titan; Coskun, Sena; Doepke, Matthias; Koll, David; … - 2021
We examine the impact of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic on women's versus men's employment. Whereas recent recessions in advanced economies usually had a disproportionate impact on men's employment, giving rise to the moniker "mancessions," we show that the pandemic...
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