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Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing the date...
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's financial health plays an important role in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 by studying nursing homes, whose residents have …
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Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing the date...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290764
The cost of Canada’s policies mitigating the effects of the epidemic is estimated using mainly the IMF predictions of lost output. The benefits are considered to equal the number of deaths prevented, which is estimated using mainly the results of the epidemiological model produced by the...
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Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by …
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Epidemics invite “pariah-tization.” By this, I mean the process of stigmatizing one marginalized and impotent segment of society as being the group most vulnerable to the disease at hand- without reliable scientific basis. Doing so allows those in power, the young, the rich, the...
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The effectiveness of the state policies providing incentives for vaccination to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is hotly contested, and evidence from the literature remains inconclusive. This study presents evidence from a natural experiment on the effects of the U.S....
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Germany’s healthcare system is praised as one of the best in the world. In this article, we review Germany’s health … system by critically analysing its structure, funding, resource allocation, provider payments, efficiency, health outcomes …, and access. Whilst health provision and access are comparably high, signs of technical inefficiencies exist. Although …
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child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different …-cognitive skills. We analyze data from economic experiments with preschoolers and their mothers to investigate whether child health can … willingness to compete with others. Our findings suggest that health problems arenegatively related to children's willingness to …
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The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important … question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in …-hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired hours) have negative effects on workers´ health. In particular, we show …
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