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Temporary incarceration is correlated with Covid-19 infection.
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2020-06-15
In a new peer reviewed study in Health Affairs, Eric Reinhart and Daniel Chen show that being temporarily jailed (a.k.a. jail cycling) is correlated with Covid-19 infection
What policies address both the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis?
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2020-06-17
In a new paper, network members Niko Jaakkola and Daniel Spiro with co-authors analyse policies that would jointly address the coronavirus economic crisis and the climate crisis.
Nowcasting COVID-19 statistics
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2020-06-22
Statistics are often registered with delay and Swedish COVID-19 deaths are reported with up to 14 days of lag. Death statistics therefore always appear to be on a positive trend. In a new paper,...
The macroeconomics of age-varying epidemics.
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2020-07-21
A new working paper from Marta Giagheddu and Andrea Papetti illustrates the pros and cons of different combinations of economic shutdown and targeted social distancing with a special focus on the...
Effect of Covid-19 on global productivity
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2020-07-21
The World Bank has published a new book on “Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies”, edited by Alistair Dieppe, with a database covering 164 countries over 1980-2018. The book analyses the...
How Much Does COVID-19 Increase with Mobility?
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2020-08-06
How effective are restrictions on geographic mobility in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic?
On the Management of Population Immunity
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2020-09-06
A new working paper by network member Flavio Toxvaerd, together with Robert Rowthorn considers a SIR model of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or swine flu, in which costly treatment or...
SITE/LSE Covid-19 webinar April 22
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2020-04-21
SITE at Stockholm School of Economics and the LSE Institute of Global Affairs organizes a webinar with leading scholars about early lessons from Sweden's approach to COVID-19 on April 22.
Lockdowns are meant to provide time
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2020-08-20
Debraj Ray (NYU) and Sreenivasan Subramanian (Chennai, India) write a very powerful critique of India's COVID-19 lockdown policy, that rings true much more broadly. Lockdowns and social distancing can...
Do people change their behaviour when face masks are mandatory?
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2020-09-07
Although face masks reduce the chance of transmission of coronavirus, some governments have been reluctant to make their use mandatory in public places. People’s behaviour is likely to change when...