This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional … dominance of poverty over mortality is reversed in a counterfactual "herd immunity" scenario: without any policy intervention …

, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing …

differences in population age structure. In this paper, COVID-19 mortality rates are calculated for each age group by dividing the … number of COVID-19 deaths by the underlying population. The resulting age-mortality curves are flatter in countries with … lower incomes. In HICs, the COVID-19 mortality rate for those ages 70-79 is 12.6 times the rate for those ages 50-59. In …

coronavirus containment measures in reducing contagion and death rates. To estimate the effectiveness of different containment … coronavirus containment measures and contagion/death rates, countries' idiosyncratic characteristics, and the endogeneity of the … containment measures. To obtain efficient estimates of the effect of coronavirus containment measures on contagion and death rates …

many lives. This paper estimates COVID-19 mortality costs over time using the value of a statistical life. Using a more … conservative estimate of the value of a statistical life income elasticity ranging from 1 to 1.4, the overall COVID-19 mortality … from USD 5.4 million to USD 15.3 million. Similarly, the COVID-19 mortality costs range from USD 6.8 million to USD 19 …

This paper examines cross-country evidence of how the Covid-19 pandemic spread and the mortality rates associated with … pollution) increase the spread of the pandemic and/or the mortality rate. On average, the government policy delay in mobility … pandemic mortality. Individualistic culture and general trust amplify the positive links between pandemic mortality and the …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …

The fast spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has resulted in the emergence of several hot …