Did Lockdown Work? An Economist’s Cross-Country Comparison

IF 0.8 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Cesifo Economic Studies Pub Date : 2020-08-02 DOI:10.1093/cesifo/ifab003

C. Bjørnskov

引用次数: 38

Abstract

Abstract I explore the association between the severity of lockdown policies in the first half of 2020 and mortality rates. Using two indices from the Blavatnik Centre’s COVID-19 policy measures and comparing weekly mortality rates from 24 European countries in the first halves of 2017–2020, addressing policy endogeneity in two different ways, and taking timing into account, I find no clear association between lockdown policies and mortality development.

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封锁奏效了吗?一位经济学家的跨国比较

摘要我探讨了2020年上半年封锁政策的严重程度与死亡率之间的关系。使用布拉瓦特尼克中心新冠肺炎政策措施的两个指数，并比较了2017-2020年上半年24个欧洲国家的每周死亡率，以两种不同的方式解决政策内生性，并考虑到时间，我发现封锁政策与死亡率发展之间没有明确的关联。

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Cesifo Economic Studies ECONOMICS-

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2.70

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7.70%

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