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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor : insights from the Hrishipara diaries

Rönkkö, Risto; Rutherford, Stuart; Sen, Kunal - 2021

In this paper, we examine the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor. We use an … the varied experiences of the poor during the pandemic. We find that the pandemic and associated government lockdowns had … household expenditures below pre-pandemic levels during the pandemic period. To cope with the pandemic, households drew down on …

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On the optimal "lockdown" during an epidemic

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2020

We embed a lockdown choice in a simplified epidemiological model and derive formulas for the optimal lockdown intensity and duration. The optimal policy reflects the rate of time preference, epidemiological factors, the hazard rate of vaccine discovery, learning effects in the health care...

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On the optimal "lockdown" during an epidemic

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Niepelt, Dirk - 2020

We embed a lockdown choice in a simplified epidemiological model and derive formulas for the optimal lockdown intensity and duration. The optimal policy re- ects the rate of time preference, epidemiological factors, the hazard rate of vaccine discovery, learning effects in the health care...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203813