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THE INTERGENERATIONAL MORTALITY TRADE-OFF OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN POLICIES.
Ma, Lin; Shapira, Gil; de Walque, Damien; Do, Quy-Toan; Friedman, Jed; Levchenko, Andrei A.
  • Ma L; Singapore Management University Singapore.
  • Shapira G; World Bank.
  • de Walque D; World Bank.
  • Do QT; World Bank.
  • Friedman J; World Bank.
  • Levchenko AA; University of Michigan, NBER, and CEPR.
Int Econ Rev (Philadelphia) ; 2022 Apr 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1819900
ABSTRACT
In lower-income countries, the economic contractions that accompany lockdowns to contain COVID-19 transmission can increase child mortality, counteracting the mortality reductions achieved by the lockdown. To formalize and quantify this effect, we build a macrosusceptible-infected-recovered model that features heterogeneous agents and a country-group-specific relationship between economic downturns and child mortality and calibrate it to data for 85 countries across all income levels. We find that in some low-income countries, a lockdown can produce net increases in mortality. The optimal lockdown that maximizes the present value of aggregate social welfare is shorter and milder in poorer countries than in rich ones.

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article