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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 infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits …

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Beyond Covid : pandemics and the economics of aging and longevity

Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2024

socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and … calibrate a health economic model based on principles of the biology of human aging that captures the interaction between … infections and chronic health deficits. Our analysis suggests that neglecting this interaction leads to a gross underestimation …

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EU solidarity and policy in fighting infectious diseases : state of play, obstacles, citizen preferences and ways forward

Ruijter, Anniek de; Beetsma, Roel; Burgoon, Brian; … - 2020

In this paper we confront the role the EU traditionally plays in the domain of health with the urgent need for …

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An economic model of the Covid-19 epidemic : the importance of testing and age-apecific policies

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - 2020

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices regarding how much time to spend working and consuming outside the house, both of which increase the risk of transmission. Individuals...

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Social capital and the spread of Covid-19 : insights from European countries

Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, … - 2020

We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one standard deviation increase in social capital leads to...

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The unequal consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic : evidence from a large representative German population survey

Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, Andreas - 2021

We employ panel data from three waves of a large representative population survey carried out between June and November 2020 to assess in what regards and to what extent different groups of the German population are affected by the COVID- 19 crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate...

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Firm behavior during an epidemic

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Jerbashian, Vahagn - 2020

We derive a model in which firms operate in an epidemic environment and internalize infections among their employees in the workplace. The model is calibrated to fit the properties of the Covid-19 epidemic. We show that firms have incentives to fight against infections and can do so very...

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Social distancing during a pandemic : the role of friends

Bailey, Michael; Johnston, Drew M.; Koenen, Martin; … - 2020

of the disease and inducing individuals to participate in mitigating public health behavior. …

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Does expert information affect citizens' attitudes toward corona policies? : evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, … - 2021

about the health risk of COVID-19 and the economic costs of lockdown measures affects their attitudes towards these policies …

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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021

states with more nursing homes per capita, in states with more COVID-19 deaths, and with more health workers. The subset of … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …, vaccination efficiency was lower in states with a centralized public health agency. States with a larger share of the elderly …

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