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Should contact bans be lifted in Germany? : a quantitative prediction of its effects
Donsimoni, Jean Roch; Glawion, René; Plachter, Bodo; … - 2020
Many countries consider the lifting of restrictions of social contacts (RSC). We quantify the effects of RSC for Germany. We initially employ a purely statistical approach to predicting prevalence of COVID19 if RSC were upheld after April 20. We employ these findings and feed them into our...
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France and Germany exceed Italy, South Korea and Japan in temperature-adjusted Corona proliferation : a quick and dirty Sunday morning analysis
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2020
Measures to contain the Corona virus (COVID-19) may pay off in terms of slowing down proliferation. The proliferation trend in France and Germany now exceeds the one in Italy, South Korea and Japan. At the same time, the containment measures seem more intense in Italy, South Korea and Japan than...
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France and Germany exceed Italy, South Korea and Japan in temperature-adjusted Corona proliferation : a quick and dirty Sunday morning analysis
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2020
Measures to contain the Corona virus (COVID-19) may pay off in terms of slowing down proliferation. The proliferation trend in France and Germany now exceeds the one in Italy, South Korea and Japan. At the same time, the containment measures seem more intense in Italy, South Korea and Japan than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173287
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The unequal consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic : evidence from a large representative German population survey
Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, Andreas - 2021
fraction of the population is concerned that they or their family members and friends may get infected with the coronavirus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582202
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The COVID-19 pandemic and entrepreneurship in Germany : first observations and interpretations
Fritsch, Michael; Greve, Maria; Wyrwich, Michael - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected not only incumbent firms, but also the emergence of start-ups. This paper investigates and analyzes the pandemic's effect on new business formation, as well as business exits and insolvencies, in Germany. We find that the overall level of business...
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COVID-19 vaccination mandates and vaccine uptake
Karajvanov, Alexander K.; Kim, Dongwoo; Lu, Shih En; … - 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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Timing matters : the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
Huber, Martin; Langen, Henrika - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-19
-related hospitalization and death rates. Our analysis exploits the fact that the epidemic was more advanced in some regions …-specific start of the epidemic and comparing outcomes across regions with earlier and later start dates. When estimating the effect … of the relative timing of measures, we control for regional characteristics and initial epidemic trends by linear …
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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242834
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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327
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My home is my castle : the benefits of working from home during a pandemic crisis : evidence from Germany
Alipour, Jean-Victor; Fadinger, Harald; Schymik, Jan - 2020
This paper studies the relation between work and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Combining administrative data on SARS-CoV-2 infections and short-time work registrations, firm- and worker-level surveys and cell phone tracking data on mobility patterns, we find that working...
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