Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorFAVERO, Carlo
dc.contributor.authorICHINO, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorRUSTICHINI, Aldo
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-27T12:37:36Z
dc.date.available2020-04-27T12:37:36Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/66911
dc.descriptionPublished on 24 April 2020en
dc.description.abstractWe provide, calibrate and test a realistic model of the spread of SARS-Cov-2 in an economy where the population has different age groups and sectors. The model takes into account factors that have proved to be essential in explaining features of the effect of the epidemic, in particular the constraint in the number of Intensive Care Units available in a region and the different response to the epidemic of individuals of different ages. We characterize the policies of containment of the epidemic that are efficient with respect to important outcomes such as number of fatalities and GDP loss. Our main finding is that prudent policies of gradual return to work even in the short period, may save many lives with limited economic costs, as long as a threshold is not reached. Further attempts to reduce fatalities beyond this threshold cause GDP losses that become extremely large. The policies that allow this safe return to productive activity are a combination of selection criteria of individual allowed to return to work on the basis of age and risk of the sector in which they are employed.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSSRNen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2020en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[ECO]en
dc.subjectCovid-19en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectCoronavirusen
dc.subjectSEIR modelen
dc.subjectPost lock-down policiesen
dc.titleRestarting the economy while saving lives under Covid-19en
dc.typeOtheren
dc.identifier.doi10.2139/ssrn.3580626
eui.subscribe.skiptrue


Files associated with this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record