hygiene, use of masks in indoor public spaces, as well as contact tracing. Also, population-scale testing could play an …

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR … cold. Testing reduces the time of uncertainty. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to age. Younger people are less … policy responses in terms of testing, confinements, and selective mixing by age group. …

economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing … underscore the importance of testing, showing its impact on reduced deaths, lower economic costs and laxer lockdown. We use the …