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The common interests of health protection and the economy : evidence from scenario calculations of COVID-19 containment policies

Dorn, Florian; Khaiaie, Sahamoddin; Stöckli, Marc; … - 2022

We develop a novel approach integrating epidemiological and economic models that allows databased simulations during a pandemic. We examine the economically optimal opening strategy that can be reconciled with the containment of a pandemic. The empirical evidence is based on data from Germany...

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A model of economic activity in San Francisco during the 1918 influenza epidemic

Velde, François R. - 2022

I jointly use daily data on deaths and public transportation ridership in San Francisco in 1918-19 to estimate a model in which agents choose their level of economic activity based on perceived infection risk, modeled as a function of current and lagged infections or deaths. Agents' choices in...

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Throwing foreign aid at HIV/AIDS in developing countries : missing the target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010

We assess empirically whether foreign official development assistance (ODA) has been effective in alleviating HIV/AIDS epidemics, which figures prominently among the Millennium Development Goals. We employ a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach to identify the treatment effect of ODA...

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Throwing foreign aid at HIV/AIDS in developing countries : missing the target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010

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Throwing foreign aid at HIV/AIDS in developing countries : missing the target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010

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Throwing Foreign Aid at HIV/Aids in Developing Countries : Missing the Target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2012

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COVID-19 Vaccination Is Not Enough to Stop Transmission and Reduce Mortality : Additional Factors Drive Pandemic Diffusion and Negative Impact in Society

Coccia, Mario - 2022

people fully vaccinated and COVID-19 mortality between countries. Results based on global data of 151 countries reveal a … support the diffusion and mortality of this pandemic, such as new variants, high air pollution and mobility of people, high …

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In-Utero Exposure to Local COVID-19 Incidence and Infant Birthweight in Brazil

Devaraj, Srikant; Patel, Pankaj; Pereira, Igor - 2021

In this paper, we investigate whether in-utero exposure to municipal-level COVID-19 incidence rates in Brazil was … were conceived before and born after, the first official case of COVID-19 in Brazil, February 26, 2020. Using the …

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Brazil: the effects of COVID-19 and recovery

Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos - In: CEPAL review (2020) 132, pp. 133-142

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Evaluating the impact of community-based health interventions: evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program

Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2009

This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the … program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We … find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality throughout the age distribution, but mainly at earlier …

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