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Interpreting, analysing and modelling COVID-19 mortality data
Sornette, Didier; Mearns, Euan; Schatz, Michael; Wu, Ke; … - 2020
We present results on the mortality statistics of the COVID-19 epidemic in a number of countries. Our data analysis … inhabitants, a pattern emerges in which the Western countries exhibit the largest mortality rate. Furthermore, comparing the … population, a main reason behind the relatively more severe COVID-19 epidemic in the Western countries is found to be their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219255
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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242834
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824831
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Exploring the Relationship between Care Homes and Excess Deaths in the Covid-19 Pandemic : Evidence from Italy
Alacevich, Caterina - 2020
COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Using registry-based mortality data (January 1st- March 31st, 2015-2020) for Lombardy, one of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827996
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Pandemic Meets Pollution : Poor Air Quality Increases Deaths by Covid-19
Isphording, Ingo E. - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829235
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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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Timing matters : the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
Huber, Martin; Langen, Henrika - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 156 (2020) 1/10, pp. 1-19
-related hospitalization and death rates. Our analysis exploits the fact that the epidemic was more advanced in some regions …-specific start of the epidemic and comparing outcomes across regions with earlier and later start dates. When estimating the effect … of the relative timing of measures, we control for regional characteristics and initial epidemic trends by linear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392508
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Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? : an empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world
Cooray, Arusha; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; De … - 2020
How has government healthcare spending prepared countries for tackling the COVID19 pandemic? Arguably, spending is the primary policy tool of governments in providing effective health. We argue that the effectiveness of spending in reducing COVID deaths is conditional on the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405626
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Exploring the relationship between care homes and excess deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Italy
Alacevich, Caterina; Cavalli, Nicolò; Giuntella, Osea; … - 2020
COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Using registry-based mortality data (January 1st- March 31st, 2015-2020) for Lombardy, one of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252791
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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327