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A Unified Model of Cohort Mortality for Economic Analysis
Moreau, Flavien; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2021
We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …
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Climate Shocks and Domestic Conflicts in Africa
Diallo, Yoro; Tapsoba, Rene - 2022
This paper analyzes the interlinkages between climate shocks, domestic conflicts, and policy resilience in Africa. It builds on a Correlated Random Effect model to asess these interrelationships on a broad sample of 51 African countries over the 1990-2018 period. We find suggestive evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264533
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Mobility Under the COVID-19 Pandemic : Asymmetric Effects Across Gender and Age
Caselli, Francesca; Grigoli, Francesco; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2021
a possible widening of gender and inter-generational inequality and provide important inputs for the formulation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250080
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Growth Dynamics : The Myth of Economic Recovery
Cerra, Valerie; Saxena, Sweta C. - 2013
Using panel data for a large number of countries, we find that economic contractions are not followed by offsetting fast recoveries. Trend output lost is not regained, on average. Wars, crises, and other negative shocks lead to absolute divergence and lower long-run growth, whereas we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063095
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Long-Run Biological Interest Rate for Pay-as-You-Go Pensions in Advanced and Developing Countries
Nozaki, Masahiro - 2017
generations equally? The answer is the sum of the Long-Run Biological Interest Rates (LBIR), the real-world equivalent of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956469
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A Quality of Growth Index for Developing Countries : A Proposal
Mlachila, Montfort - 2014
This paper proposes a new quality of growth index (QGI) for developing countries. The index encompasses both the intrinsic nature and social dimensions of growth, and is computed for over 90 countries for the period 1990-2011. The approach is premised on the fact that not all growth is created...
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The Sooner (and the Smarter), the Better : COVID-19 Containment Measures and Fiscal Responses
Hosny, Amr - 2021
This paper finds empirical evidence that faster and smarter containment measures were associated with lower fiscal responses to the COVID-19 shock. We also find that initial conditions, such as fiscal space, income, health preparedness and budget transparency were important in shaping the amount...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226437
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COVID-19 Impact and Mitigation Policies : A Didactic Epidemiological-Macroeconomic Model Approach
Ansah, John P.; Epstein, Natan P.; Nalban, Valeriu - 2021
We develop an integrated epidemiological-macroeconomic model to analyze the interplay between the COVID-19 outbreak and economic activity, as a tool for capacity building purposes. We illustrate a workhorse framework that combines a rich epidemiological model with an economic block to shed light...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252049
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Finance Vaccine Equity : Funding for Day-Zero of the Next Pandemic
Agarwal, Ruchir; Reed, Tristan - 2022
A lack of timely financing for purchases of vaccines and other health products impeded the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on analysis of contract signature and delivery dates in COVID-19 vaccine advance purchase agreements, this paper finds that 60-75 percent of the delay in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082663
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Impact of COVID-19 on Attitudes to Climate Change and Support for Climate Policies
Mohommad, Adil; Pugacheva, Evgenia - 2022
This paper inquires into how individual attitudes to climate issues and support for climate policies have evolved in the context of the pandemic. Using data from a unique survey of 14,500 individuals across 16 major economies, this study shows that the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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