Health resilience and the global pandemic: The effect of social conditions on the COVID‐19 mortality rate

Journal of International Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(5), С. 2342 - 2371

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2024

Abstract Can ‘health resilience’ explain international differences in COVID‐19 mortality? This paper aims to understand the significant diversity mortality rates between countries terms of their degree preparedness for crisis and underlying health conditions population. We integrate data from first year pandemic with panel 2009 2017 188 around world order investigate variation rates. Country‐level on health, medical, social policy variables are compared rates, further controls imposed adjust infection rate, population spending. The results show that prior conditions, deprivation demography country all have effects associated virus. evidence also suggests higher levels health‐related targets demonstrated lower during crisis. Finally, we confirm habits such as smoking, alcohol consumption over‐eating create a highly vulnerable group individuals who were exposed greater risk outbreak.

Язык: Английский

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Did COVID-19 really change our lifestyles? Evidence from transport energy consumption in Europe

Energy Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 191, С. 114204 - 114204

Опубликована: Май 31, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered substantial societal shifts and reductions in energy consumption, influenced both by the virus itself governmental policies implemented to curb its spread. With end of pandemic, it is crucial assess whether enduring behavioural changes have occurred as they may play a vital role achieving Paris Agreement targets. This paper examines consumption patterns European transport sector during after evaluates containment policies. Using quantile regression analysis, we quantify effect these on fuel with Gradient Boosting Machines algorithm ranking their importance. Our results reveal significant motorised land aviation use followed distinct recovery patterns, former recovering faster than latter. that exerted most influence were "school closures," "cancelling public events," "international travel controls." Diverse observed among countries. While many countries swiftly rebounded normality, lasting seen Sweden, Czechia, Denmark. These offer valuable policy lessons for transitioning sustainable sector.

Язык: Английский

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Heightened religiosity proactively and reactively responds to the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe: Novel insights from the parasite-stress theory of sociality and the behavioral immune system theory

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 90, С. 38 - 56

Опубликована: Июль 13, 2022

Язык: Английский

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CONTACT-INTENSITY, DISRUPTIONS IN THE CULTURAL SECTOR AND WAGE INEQUALITY: A MODEL OF COVID-19 CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT

The Singapore Economic Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 69(05), С. 1717 - 1742

Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2024

COVID-19 has adverse impacts on contact-intensive sectors, viz., manufacturing, tourism, and the entertainment sector (ES). In a general equilibrium (GE) model with online, informal sectors employing skill, unskilled, capital, we show that could cause polarization pushing industry brink of collapse while other two survive. Dual roles factor intensity contact (CI) contribute to such finite changes, triggering inter-skill wage inequality. This is first its kind offer theoretical mechanism capturing contractionary effects These results match literature emphasizing hardships faced by cultural sector.

Язык: Английский

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Global Covid-19 Under-Reporting: A Tobit Model

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

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Язык: Английский

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Viruses don't need a passport to affect labor markets – findings from a Polish-German study on combating unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Economics & Sociology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(2), С. 89 - 106

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2023

Labor markets have been strongly affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Much empirical evidence exists on how they operated since outbreak, illustrated predominantly public statistics. However, there is limited primary research labor market stakeholders who experienced significant changes in border regions. The aim of this study to explore perceptions and experiences experts, especially entrepreneurs, regarding functioning regions Poland Germany after outbreak. main focus has put examining crisis enterprises terms employment assessed mitigation measures undertaken utilizes a mix-method approach. Primary data gathered through an online questionnaire targeted at entrepreneurs officers Germany. Next, qualitative descriptive design developed, involving one-on-one interviews focused discussions. analysis revealed several positive negative consequences pandemic explored differences management unemployment mitigate impact pandemic. Crucial issues, such as cross-border cooperation communication also discussed. highlights role stakeholders’ defining future joint preparatory plans strategies combat potential threats unpredictable situations. findings that strong need establish tackling unemployment. It indicated approach combating crises pandemics differs from other interior That importance security policy adaptations develop

Язык: Английский

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Facility planning and schedule design in the pandemic: Eliminating contacts at construction workplace

Journal of Cleaner Production, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 395, С. 136394 - 136394

Опубликована: Фев. 9, 2023

Язык: Английский

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COVID-19 Under-reporting: Spillovers and Stringent Containment Strategies of Global Cases*

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 15, 2023

Owing to the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic, accurately determining true global infection count has become an exceedingly challenging endeavor. In this context, our study delves into spatial spillover analysis cases and assesses impact containment policy stringency on these spillovers. Furthermore, we explore extent under-reporting at a country-specific level.To account for diverse dependencies, employ semiparametric autoregressive model in which coefficients are smooth unknown functions countries' indices. Country-specific under-reporting, represented as one-sided deterministic function exogenous variables, is estimated using sieves method.Our relies data spanning from 2020 2021 57 countries. We have discovered that spillovers exhibit significant variations different levels stringency. Moreover, number infections be 1.38 17.12 times higher than reported cases. These results align with prior research bear implications improving precision reporting managing effects effectively. JEL Classification No.: C23, C14, I18.

Язык: Английский

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Health Care Financing and Economic Performance during the Coronavirus Pandemic, the War in Ukraine and the Energy Transition Attempt

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(17), С. 10601 - 10601

Опубликована: Авг. 25, 2022

On account of the current epidemiological situation in world, which results from propagation coronavirus, research related to impact health on economic growth is becoming especially important. Health capital an important variable models. The method financing care has a significant both population and level income. Therefore, this article attempts analyze relationship between these values. way financed state financial resources allocated (e.g., contributions according income). analysis covered period 2000–2021. basis official reports, available literature own studies, expenditure been divided into three income groups: low-income countries, middle-income countries high-income countries. statistical analyses, it found that GDP (Gross Domestic Product) public upper- groups, but not presented more context coronavirus pandemic, war Ukraine energy care.

Язык: Английский

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Trade policy review of Singapore

World Economy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 46(12), С. 3472 - 3481

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2023

Abstract As a small open economy with almost no natural resources, Singapore is highly dependent on international trade. This paper reviews the eighth Trade Policy Review of published by World Organisation (WTO) in 2021. We first begin Singapore's trade policies that shape it as trusted and leading node both global supply chains financial sectors. then focus its transformation to digital important Free Agreements (FTAs). Lastly, policymakers should keep monitoring other potential issues such shortage labour ageing population ensure sustainable economic growth long run.

Язык: Английский

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