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Timing is everything when fighting a pandemic: COVID-19 mortality in Spain

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Borra, Cristina; Rivera … - 2020

In an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries around the globe adopted social distancing measures. Previous studies have relied on the geographical and temporal variation in the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs...

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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries

Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020

Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...

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Evidence of Protective Role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) Radiation in Reducing COVID-19 Deaths

Kalippurayil Moozhipurath, Rahul; Kraft, Lennart; … - 2020

Background. Prior studies indicate the protective role of Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation in human health, mediated by vitamin D synthesis. In this observational study, we empirically outline a negative association of UVB radiation as measured by ultraviolet index (UVI) with the number of COVID-19...

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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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Dishonesty is linked with the spread of infectious diseases

Martini, Christina A.; Bos, Björn; Drupp, Moritz A.; … - 2024

This paper investigates the link between dishonesty and the spread of COVID- 19 infections. In an online experiment and panel survey, 2,723 Germans completed an incentivized coin-tossing task in March 2020 and reported their infection status in four subsequent survey waves up until December...

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Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) to Reduce COVID-19 Mortality

KRR, Gandhi - 2020

The momentum episode of novel coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19) represents a remarkable worldwide wellbeing and …

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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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Estimated future mortality from pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential

Madhav, Nita K.; Oppenheim, Ben; Stephenson, Nicole; … - 2023

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