Act early to prevent infections and save lives: causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper examines the impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an exogenous policy on diagnostic confirmation, we show that a one- day decrease in the time taken to confirm the first case in a city publicly led to 9.4% and 12.7% reductions in COVID-19 prevalence and mortalit...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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[2021]
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| Series: | IZA Discussion Paper
No. 13749 |
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Discussion paper series (No. 13749)
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| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3704132 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3704132 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3704132 
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| Author Notes: | Simiao Chen, Zhangfend Jin, David E. Bloom |
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