Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - 2024
This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an …. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic reveals an 80% reduction in death toll due to voluntary actions and the lockdown … testing, showing its impact on reduced deaths, lower economic costs and laxer lockdown. We use the framework to provide …
