| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14695 |
| DP14695 An economic model of the Covid-19 epidemic: The importance of testing and age-specific policies | |
| Luiz Brotherhood; Philipp Kircher; Cezar Santos; Michele Tertilt | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-05-02 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices regarding how much time to spend working and consuming outside the house, both of which increase the risk of transmission. Individuals who have flu symptoms are unsure whether they caught Covid-19 or simply a common cold. Testing reduces the time of uncertainty. Individuals are heterogeneous with respect to age. Younger people are less likely to die, exacerbating their willingness to take risks and to impose externalities on the old. We explore heterogeneous policy responses in terms of testing, confinements, and selective mixing by age group. |
| 主题 | Macroeconomics and Growth |
| 关键词 | Covid-19 Testing Social distancing Age-specific policies |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14695 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543612 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Luiz Brotherhood,Philipp Kircher,Cezar Santos,et al. DP14695 An economic model of the Covid-19 epidemic: The importance of testing and age-specific policies. 2020. |
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