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Wider Boundaries: The Welfare State and International Remittances

Amegashie, J. Atsu; Batu, Michael - 2015

welfare effect of future income uncertainty. We build a model of remittances and savings under income uncertainty and show … that an immigrant will increase his remittances in response to a first-order risk decrease in future income. Using changes … prediction of our model using panel data of bilateral remittances. Our theoretical prediction is supported by the data: there is …

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How does the Flow of Remittances Affect the Trade Balance of the Middle East and North Africa?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hassan, Sherif Maher - 2016

Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) economies have had the highest degree of dependency on received remittances … developing countries. We examine the role of remittances in the trade balance of 11 labor-abundant MENA countries. Our panel … regression analysis shows that the inflow of remittances has had an increasing effect on trade deficits by triggering import …

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Health Expenditures and the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Prevention in International Comparison

Hansen, Jaqueline; Reinecke, Antonia; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - 2021

In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments had to rely on Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions in their struggle against the spread of the virus. The stringency of the lockdowns differed across space and time as governments had to adjust their strategy dynamically to the country-specific...

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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

fraction of the population is concerned that they or their family members and friends may get infected with the coronavirus …

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The 'Great Lockdown' : Inactive Workers and Mortality by COVID-19

Borri, Nicola; Drago, Francesco; Santantonio, Chiara; … - 2021

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak the Italian Government imposed an economic lockdown on March 22, 2020 and ordered the closing of all non-essential economic activities. This paper estimates the causal effects of this measure on mortality by Covid-19 and on mobility patterns. The...

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COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration Among Bame Groups in the UK

Proto, Eugenio - 2020

We use the UK Household Longitudinal Study and compare pre- (2017-2019) and post-COVID-19 data (April 2020) for the same group of individuals to assess and quantify changes in mental health among ethnic groups in the UK. We confirm the previously documented average deterioration in mental health...

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Measuring the Economic Risk of COVID-19

Noy, Ilan - 2020

We measure the economic risk of COVID-19 at a geo-spatially detailed resolution. In addition to data about the current prevalence of confirmed cases, we use data from 2014-2018 and a conceptual disaster risk model to compute measures for exposure, vulnerability, and resilience of the local...

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

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário - 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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Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus : Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists

Avery, Christopher - 2020

This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that have been …

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Lockdown 101 : Managing Economic Lockdowns in an Epidemic

Ornelas, Emanuel - 2020

Countries worldwide have implemented lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. After more than three months of restrictions to economic activities in many countries, the question has turned to the best ways to lift lockdowns while keeping the epidemic in check. Here I use basic...

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