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Death, demography and the denominator : new influenza-18 mortality estimates for Ireland
Colvin, Christopher L.; McLaughlin, Eoin - 2020
Using the Irish experience of the Spanish flu, we demonstrate that pandemic mortality statistics are sensitive to the demographic composition of a country. We build a new demographic database for Ireland's 32 counties with vital statistics on births, ageing, migration and deaths. We then show...
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Death, demography and the denominator : new Influenza-18 mortality estimates for Ireland
Colvin, Christopher L.; McLaughlin, Eoin - 2020
Using the Irish experience of the Spanish flu, we demonstrate that pandemic mortality statistics are sensitive to the demographic composition of a country. We build a new demographic database for Ireland's 32 counties with vital statistics on births, ageing, migration and deaths. We then show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221260
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Is it riskier to meet 100 people outdoors or 14 people indoors? : comparing public and expert perceptions of COVID-19 risk
Timmons, Shane; Belton, Cameron A.; Robertson, Deirdre A.; … - 2020
How do people perceive and integrate multiple contextual risk factors for COVID-19 infection? We elicited risk perceptions from a nationally representative sample of the public (N = 800) using three psychologically-distinct tasks. Responses were compared to a sample of medical experts who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389963
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COVID-19 Vaccination In The UK And Ireland : Ethics In Practice
Ó Néill, Clayton; Tumelty, Mary-Elizabeth; Donnelly, Mary - 2021
This working paper examines questions of values in relation to the COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the United Kingdom and Ireland. We first present a brief overview of developments in relation to COVID-19 vaccine development and rollout on a global basis. We then proceed with an examination...
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COVID-19 infection rates and social disadvantage in Ireland : an area-level analysis
Devlin, Anne; Whelan, Adele; McGuinness, Séamus - 2024
Existing research has shown that deprived areas were impacted to a greater extent by the COVID-19 pandemic in a multitude of ways but particularly in terms of the health impact. This research examines the health impact of the pandemic on people living in disadvantaged areas in Ireland. Health...
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Did California's shelter-in-place order work? : early coronavirus-related public health effects
Friedson, Andrew; McNichols, Drew; Sabia, Joseph J.; … - 2020
Coronavirus has credited the State of California for taking early action to prevent a statewide COVID-19 outbreak, no study has … examined the impact of California's SIPO. Using daily state-level coronavirus data and a synthetic control research design, we … approximately 2 to 4 job losses per coronavirus case averted and 108 to 275 jobs losses per life saved during this short-run post …
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Were urban cowboys enough to control COVID-19? : local shelter-in-place orders and coronavirus case growth
Dave, Dhaval; Friedson, Andrew; Matsuzawa, Kyutaro; … - 2020
adoption, a result robust to controls for county-level heterogeneity in outbreak timing, coronavirus testing, and border SIPO …
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The impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment : first evidence from April 2020 CPS microdata
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020
COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...
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The impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment : first evidence from April 2020 CPS microdata
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020
COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223833
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Black Lives Matter protests, social distancing, and COVID-19
Dave, Dhaval; Friedson, Andrew; Matsuzawa, Kyutaro; … - 2020
Sparked by the killing of George Floyd in police custody, the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests have brought a new wave of attention to the issue of inequality within criminal justice. However, many public health officials have warned that mass protests could lead to a reduction in social...
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