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An Economic Model of the Covid-19 Epidemic: The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies

Brotherhood, Luiz; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cezar; … - 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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Firm Behavior during an Epidemic

Brotherhood, Luiz; 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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An Economic Model of the Covid-19 Epidemic : The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário - 2020

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Firm Behavior During an Epidemic

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário - 2020

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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 … deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of infections affects the accumulation of chronic health deficits … from infectious diseases. We calibrate the model for an average American and explore how health expenditure, life …

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US Male Obesity from 1800-2000: A Long Term Perspective

Carson, Scott A. - 2013

This study compares two US BMI data sets, one from the 1800s and the other from the early 2000s, to determine how black and white male obesity rates varied between 1800 and 2000. The proportion of individuals who were obese rather than overweight is responsible much of the increase in obesity....

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Beyond Covid: Pandemics and the Economics of Aging and Longevity

Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2024

In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on 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...

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Out of sight, out of mind? : the impact of natural disasters on pregnancy outcomes

Simeonova, Emilia - 2009

The impact of global climate change on health is not well understood. Besides the direct channel of increasing temperatures, there is a potentially more harmful one: through an increase in extreme weather incidents. We offer the first evidence on the effect of natural disasters on pregnancy...

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Effects of prenatal and early life malnutrition: Evidence from the Greek famine

Neelsen, Sven; Stratmann, Thomas - 2010

This paper examines the long run education and labor market effects from early-life exposure to the Greek 1941 …

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Racial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons: A multinomial approach

Carson, Scott Alan - 2010

Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...

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