Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic

This paper studies how policy interventions and economic factors affect COVID-19 infections and deaths, using generalized linear regression (GLM) models. We seek to explain the containment differences by countries’ inherent economic factors, especially the labor market structure, utilizing data from...

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Autores principales: Yupeng Li, Kul Prasad Kapri
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eb110b3fe59e44b4b9dc561c895a599c2021-11-25T19:05:09ZImpact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic10.3390/su1322128742071-1050https://doaj.org/article/eb110b3fe59e44b4b9dc561c895a599c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12874https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This paper studies how policy interventions and economic factors affect COVID-19 infections and deaths, using generalized linear regression (GLM) models. We seek to explain the containment differences by countries’ inherent economic factors, especially the labor market structure, utilizing data from multiple sources. The results show that countries heavily relying on the service sector and international trade suffer more from the spreading, possibly due to the fact that COVID-19 is a communicable disease and spreads quickly through physical contact. Further, we find that these countries could benefit more from stringent policies compared to others.Yupeng LiKul Prasad KapriMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19labor market structurepublic healthpolicy interventionEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12874, p 12874 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic COVID-19
labor market structure
public health
policy intervention
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle COVID-19
labor market structure
public health
policy intervention
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Yupeng Li
Kul Prasad Kapri
Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
description This paper studies how policy interventions and economic factors affect COVID-19 infections and deaths, using generalized linear regression (GLM) models. We seek to explain the containment differences by countries’ inherent economic factors, especially the labor market structure, utilizing data from multiple sources. The results show that countries heavily relying on the service sector and international trade suffer more from the spreading, possibly due to the fact that COVID-19 is a communicable disease and spreads quickly through physical contact. Further, we find that these countries could benefit more from stringent policies compared to others.
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Kul Prasad Kapri
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title Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Economic Factors and Policy Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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