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Willingness to Pay for Morbidity and Mortality Risk-Reductions during An Epidemic. Theory and Preliminary Evidence from COVID-19

Echazu, Luciana; Nocetti, Diego - 2021

ideal scenario to evaluate the trade-off between lives saved and morbidity avoided on the one hand and reduced economic … resources on the other. We adapt the standard model of willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality/morbidity risk reductions by … incorporating a number of aspects that are highly relevant during an epidemic; namely, health care capacity constraints, dynamic …

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Unemployment: the silent epidemic

Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2017

This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a key feature of this macroeconomic phenomenon: it behaves like a disease. A detailed assessment of the transmission mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of...

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Risks of morbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russian regions

Zemtsov, Stepan P.; Baburin, Vyacheslav L. - In: Population and economics : PE 4 (2020) 2, pp. 158-181

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Combatting Covid-19 : on relative performance of the Indian States

Marjit, Sugata; Mukhopadhyay, Anish Kumar; Chatterjee, Medha - 2020

The purpose of this paper is to construct a relative performance index for the States in India in terms of their performance in combatting Covid-19 pandemic. The data is analyzed up to August, 2020, though the methodology used can be readily extended to update the index. The methodology can be...

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Misinformation During a Pandemic

Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2020

misinforming audiences. We study the extent to which misinformation broadcast on mass media at the early stages of the coronavirus …

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Eviction, Health Inequity, and the Spread of COVID-19 : Housing Policy as a Primary Pandemic Mitigation Strategy

Benfer, Emily A.; Vlahov, David; Long, Marissa; … - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated catastrophic job loss, high unemployment rates, and severe economic hardship in renter households. As a result, housing precarity and the risk of eviction increased and worsened during the pandemic, especially among people of color and low-income populations....

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