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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Responses on Excess Mortality

Agrawal, Virat; Cantor, Jonathan H.; Sood, Neeraj; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

As a way of slowing COVID-19 transmission, many countries and U.S. states implemented shelter-in-place (SIP) policies. However, the effects of SIP policies on public health are a priori ambiguous as they might have unintended adverse effects on health. The effect of SIP policies on COVID-19...

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Direct and Spillover Effects from Staggered Adoption of Health Policies : Evidence from COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

Elenev, Vadim; Quintero, Luis E.; Rebucci, Alessandro; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Local policies can have substantial spillovers both across geographies and markets. Little is known about the impact of public health regulations across administrative borders. We estimate U.S. county level direct and spillover effects of Stay-at-Home-Orders (SHOs) aimed at containing the spread...

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COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Vaccine Uptake

Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60\%...

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The Political Scar of Epidemics

Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2020

What political legacy can we expect from the Coronavirus pandemic? Drawing evidence from past epidemics, we find that … epidemic exposure in an individual's "impressionable years" (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in … experienced epidemics under weak governments with less capacity to act against the epidemic, disappointing their citizens. We …

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Economic Policy Incentives to Preserve Lives and Livelihoods

Chang, Roberto - 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has motivated a myriad of studies and proposals on how economic policy should respond to this colossal shock. But in this debate it is seldom recognized that the health shock is not entirely exogenous. Its magnitude and dynamics themselves depend on economic policies, and...

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Does Disease Cause Vaccination? Disease Outbreaks and Vaccination Response

Oster, Emily - 2016

Childhood vaccinations are an important input to disease prevention, but vaccination rates have declined over the last decade due largely to parental fears about vaccine dangers. Education campaigns on the safety of vaccines seem to have little impact. Anecdotal evidence on disease outbreaks...

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Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Advance Preparations for Future Pandemics

Glennerster, Rachel; Snyder, Christopher M.; Tan, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic is estimated to have caused over 7 million deaths and reduced economic output by over $13 trillion to date. While vaccines were developed and deployed with unprecedented speed, pre-pandemic investments could have accelerated their widespread introduction, saving millions of...

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Pandemic-Era Changes to Medicaid Enrollment and Funding : Implications for Future Policy and Research

Dague, Laura; Ukert, Benjamin D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The COVID-19 related public health emergency led to federal legislation that changed the landscape of Medicaid coverage for low-income people in the United States. Beginning in 2020, policy responses led to a surge in Medicaid enrollment due to federal rules preventing Medicaid disenrollment,...

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Is This Time Different? : The Safety Net Response to the Pandemic Recession

Hembre, Erik A.; Moffitt, Robert A.; Ziliak, James P. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The federal government enacted massive spending in the Pandemic Recession. But was this spending scaled to the magnitude of the economic downturn? We examine the responsiveness of the safety net to the Pandemic Recession and compare it to that in the Great Recession. Using monthly state-level...

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The Value of Communication for Mental Health

Annan, Francis; Archibong, Belinda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Mental health disorders account for a significant share of the overall global disease burden. The economic losses from such disorders are staggeringly large, particularly in low-income countries, where people are faced with several unexpected shocks. We test whether improved communication can...

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