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Coronavirus and Social Distancing : Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?
Bardey, David; Fernández Sierra, Manuel; Gravel, Alexis - 2021
Using detailed daily information covering 100 countries and an event-study approach, we estimate the short run effects of implementing Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on the spread of the COVID-19 virus at the early stages of the pandemic. We study the impact of two NPIs – stay-at-home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241627
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Coronavirus and Social Distancing : Do Non-Pharmaceutical-Interventions Work (at Least) in the Short Run?
Bardey, David; Fernandes, José Manuel; Gravel, Alexis - 2021
Using detailed daily information covering 100 countries and an event-study approach, we estimate the short run effects of implementing Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on the spread of the COVID-19 virus at the early stages of the pandemic. We study the impact of two NPIs -stay-at-home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246899
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Coronavirus and social distancing: do non-pharmaceutical-interventions work (at least) in the short run?
Bardey, David; Fernández, Manuel; Gravel, Alexis - 2021
Using detailed daily information covering 100 countries and an event-study approach, we estimate the short run effects of implementing Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on the spread of the COVID-19 virus at the early stages of the pandemic. We study the impact of two NPIs -stay-at-home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431367
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Rapidly Attaining Global Health Mandates in Africa : A Case for Innovative Private Partnership Approaches with International Agencies
Oluwajebe, Olusegun - 2023
The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a scale are matters of concern in their own right. They also foster a brake on economic development. It was these twin concerns that led the international community to put health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357934
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Single Mothers and Work
Gonzalez, Libertad - 2010
Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labour market. Using LIS data … that influence the work decision for single mothers. The results suggest that a large part of the cross-country variation … in the employment rates of single mothers can be explained by their different demographic characteristics and by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012762181
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Single Mothers and Work
Gonzalez, Libertad - 2021
Western countries differ greatly in the extent to which single mothers participate in the labor market. Using LIS data … that influence the work decision for single mothers. The results suggest that a large part of the cross country variation … in the employment rates of single mothers can be explained by their different demographic characteristics and by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319376
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Greenhouse gas and nitrogen fertilizer scenarios for US agriculture and global biofuels
Elobeid, Amani; Carriquiry, Miguel; Fabiosa, Jacinto F.; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424107
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Essays in poverty and inequality
Leigh, Andrew - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387281
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865