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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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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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Policy implications of models of the spread of Coronavirus : perspectives and opportunities for economists

Avery, Christopher; Bossert, William H.; Clark, Adam Thomas - 2020

This paper provides a critical review of models of the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that have been influential in recent policy discussions. It notes potentially important features of the real- world environment that the standard models do not incorporate and discusses reasons why...

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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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Measuring the economic risk of COVID-19

Noy, Ilan; Nguyen Doan; Ferrarini, Benno; Park, Donghyun - 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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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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Lockdown 101 : managing economic lockdowns in an epidemic

Ornelas, Emanuel - 2020

message is that there is no "health vs. economics" dichotomy. Rather, some degree of lockdown is typically optimal in crisis … like this, balancing its economic costs against its health benefits. Moreover, the optimal lockdown is dynamic, changes …

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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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A lockdown a day keeps the doctor away : the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic

Levelu, Anthonin; Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai - 2022

Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 182 countries to estimate the...

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