The COVID-19 virus, also known as the coronavirus, is currently spreading around the world. While a growing literature … suggests that exposure to pollution can cause respiratory illness and increase deaths among the elderly, little is known about … county-level COVID-19 deaths and cases. Despite popular media coverage to the contrary, we find that counties with more Toxic …

This paper examines cross-country evidence of how the Covid-19 pandemic spread and the mortality rates associated with … pollution) increase the spread of the pandemic and/or the mortality rate. On average, the government policy delay in mobility … pandemic mortality. Individualistic culture and general trust amplify the positive links between pandemic mortality and the …

this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also …

and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered a process of adaptation reducing mortality from infectious …

This paper investigates the impact of state-level Certificate-of-Need (CON) laws on COVID and non-COVID deaths in the … new hospital beds. The coronavirus pandemic created a surge in demand for medical services, which might be exacerbated in … some states that have CON laws. Our investigation focuses on mortality due to COVID and non-COVID reasons and understanding …

this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also …

and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life … pandemic. The mortality burden, whether estimated in lives or in years of life lost, increases sharply with GDP per capita. The … burden of the pandemic, relative to the mortality burden, is much higher for poor countries. The distribution of aggregate …