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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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Role of professionalism in response to the COVID-19 pandemic : does a public health or medical background help?
Li, Xun; Lai, Weizheng; Wan, Qianqian; Chen, Xi - 2021
In response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been substantial variations in policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704626
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Act early to prevent infections and save lives : causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic
Chen, Simiao; Jin, Zhangfeng; Vollmer, Sebastian; … - 2021
This paper examines the causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Using an instrumental variable approach, we show that a 1-day decrease in the time taken to confirm the first case in a city publicly led to 9.4% and 12.7% reductions in COVID-19 prevalence and...
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Pandemics and intergenerational mobility of education : evidence from the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China
Liang, Wenquan; Xue, Sen - 2021
This paper examines the impact of the SARS epidemic in 2003 on intergenerational mobility in China. Using large cross …-city variation in SARS cases, our triple difference-in-differences estimates suggest that the SARS epidemic significantly increases … leads to a 9.3 percent increase in the maternal intergeneration transmission coefficient. The effect of the SARS epidemic is …
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A parsimonious model of optimal social distancing and vaccination during an outbreak
Gori, Luca; Manfredi, Piero; Marsiglio, Simone; Sodini, … - 2023
epidemic of a Susceptible-Infective-Removed-Susceptible (SIRS) infection, where social distancing is the only control action in …
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How effective is community quarantine in the Philippines? : a quasi-experimental analysis
Pajaron, Marjorie; Vasquez, Glacer Niño A. - 2021
As the world races to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary social distancing and community quarantine (CQ) have been the first line of defense in breaking the chains of transmission in most countries. The efficacy of a public health measure, however,...
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In need of a roof : pandemic and housing vulnerability
Mundra, Kusum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2023
Housing is a basic need and is intricately connected to a household's health and wellness. The current pandemic has exposed the housing vulnerability for certain subgroups of the population and further jeopardized these household's health and stability. Using the Household Pulse Survey launched...
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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up
Giulie i, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2021
In this study, we investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We nd that vaccination take-up as of...
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Vaccination policy and trust
Jelnov, Artyom; Jelnov, Pavel - 2021
We study the relationship between trust and vaccination. We show theoretically that vaccination rates are higher in countries with more transparent and accountable governments. The mechanism that generates this result is the lower probability of a transparent and accountable government to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704633
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Education and COVID-19 excess mortality
Bello, Piera; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2021 - this version: October 5th 2021
We study the role of education during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. We compare the trends of mortality rates between … communication, whose coherence and consistency varied between the different stages of the epidemic. …
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