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Testing alone is insufficient
Review of Economic Design ; 2022.
Article in English | Scopus | ID: covidwho-1729318
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The fear of contracting a serious illness caused by a contagious disease limits economic activity even after reopening. Widespread testing alone will not alleviate this problem. We argue that targeted testing in concert with targeted transfers is essential. We propose a model with these features to determine where agents should be tested and how they should be incentivized. Agents with a low wage, a high risk of infection, and who bear a large cost of falling ill should be tested at work. When testing is very costly, agents with high wages and low expected costs associated with falling ill should be tested at home. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Scopus Language: English Journal: Review of Economic Design Year: 2022 Document Type: Article