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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w27757 |
来源ID | Working Paper 27757 |
Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses | |
David E. Bloom; Michael Kuhn; Klaus Prettner | |
发表日期 | 2020-08-31 |
出版年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we sketch a general theoretical framework to evaluate the tradeoffs policymakers must consider when addressing infectious diseases and their macroeconomic repercussions. In so doing, we emphasize the dependence of economic consequences on (i) disease characteristics; (ii) inequalities among individuals in terms of susceptibility, preferences, and income; and (iii) cross-country heterogeneities in terms of their institutional and macroeconomic environments. Third, we study pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical policies aimed at mitigating and preventing infectious diseases and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often mitigate both to a substantial degree. |
主题 | Microeconomics ; Households and Firms ; General Equilibrium ; Macroeconomics ; Macroeconomic Models ; Consumption and Investment ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Poverty and Wellbeing ; Development and Growth ; Growth and Productivity ; COVID-19 |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w27757 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/585429 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | David E. Bloom,Michael Kuhn,Klaus Prettner. Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses. 2020. |
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