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A Deadly Triple Threat : Three Layers of U.S. Racial Inequity in COVID Infections and Deaths (updated)
Johnson, Daniel K. N.; Altieri, Claire; Blelloch, Siena - 2021
COVID infections and deaths in the United States have affected racial groups differentially. Until now, there has been no analysis of the role that structural racism plays in those health outcomes. We use three models of ascending complexity to quantify the state-level impacts of reporting bias,...
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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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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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A decomposition analysis for socioeconomic inequalities in health status associated with the COVID-19 diagnosis and related symptoms during Brazil's first wave of infections
França, Natália Cecília de; Lima Campêlo, Guaracyane; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 251-264
Recent studies have shown that COVID-19 affects different population groups asymmetrically. This work uses data from the National Survey of Households-PNAD COVID-19/IBGE-to quantify the socioeconomic inequality in health during the first wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil. We use the...
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Education and COVID-19 excess mortality
Bello, Piera; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2021 - this version: October 5th 2021
We study the role of education during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. We compare the trends of mortality rates between … controlling for many confounders. We find that education played a protective role, significantly reducing mortality rates, during …
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A Deadly Triple Threat : Three Layers of U.S. Racial Inequity in COVID Infections and Deaths
Johnson, Daniel K. N.; Altieri, Claire; Blelloch, Siena - 2020
COVID infections and deaths in the United States have affected racial groups differentially. Until now, there has been no analysis of the role that structural racism plays in those health outcomes. We use three models of ascending complexity to quantify the state-level impacts of reporting bias,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090350
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A Poorly Understood Disease? The Unequal Distribution of Excess Mortality Due to COVID-19 Across French Municipalities
Brandily, Paul; Brebion, Clement; Briole, Simon; … - 2020
the socio-economic heterogeneity of its impact on mortality. In this paper, we combine several administrative data sources … to estimate the relationship between mortality due to COVID-19 and poverty at a very local level (i.e. the municipality … impact of the pandemic on mortality rates, which is twice as large in municipalities below the 25th percentile of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094240
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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up
Giulie i, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2021
In this study, we investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We nd that vaccination take-up as of...
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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up
Giulietti, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2022
We investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We find that vaccination take-up as of November 2021 is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332121
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Life cycle economics with infectious and chronic diseases
Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2022
In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of...
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