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von Carnap, Tillmann |
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Almås, Ingvild |
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Bold, Tessa |
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Ghisolfi, Selene |
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Sandefur, Justin |
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| dc.date |
2021-08-19T10:17:33Z |
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2021-08-19T10:17:33Z |
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2020-10-20 |
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2022-05-26T08:48:08Z |
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2022-05-26T08:48:08Z |
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| dc.identifier |
von Carnap, T.; Almås, A.; Bold, T.; Ghisolfi, S. and Sandefur, J. (2020) 'The Macroeconomics of Pandemics in Developing Countries: An Application to Uganda', CGD Working Paper 555. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development |
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https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16798 |
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https://www.cgdev.org/publication/macroeconomics-pandemics-developing-countries-application-uganda |
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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198603 |
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| dc.description |
How should policies to control the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic differ across countries? We extend recent contributions integrating economic and epidemiological models for the United States to a developing country context, Uganda. Differences in demography, comorbidities, and health systems affect mortality risk; lower incomes affect agents’ willingness to forego consumption to reduce disease risk. For a broad range of life valuations supported by the literature, optimal containment is significantly less restrictive in the latter context, a normative implication contradicted by positive findings of similarly strict lockdowns across rich and poor countries. We explore biased beliefs about infection risk as a possible explanation. |
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Center for Global Development |
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| dc.language |
en |
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Center for Global Development |
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| dc.relation |
Working Paper;555 |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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Center for Global Development |
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| dc.subject |
Economic Development |
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| dc.subject |
Governance |
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Health |
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| dc.title |
The Macroeconomics of Pandemics in Developing Countries: An Application to Uganda |
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Other |
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Uganda |
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