Effectiveness of Government Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Dergiades, Theologos

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3602004

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“…[4][5][6]10], argue that face masks can reduce the spread of . Our paper also complements recent work on non-pharmaceutical interventions in various countries [ [14][15][16][17] and in Canada [18][19][20][21].…”

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Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada

Karaivanov

Shigeoka

et al. 2020

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We estimate the impact of indoor face mask mandates and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) on COVID-19 case growth in Canada. Mask mandate introduction was staggered over two months in the 34 public health regions in Ontario, Canada. Using this variation, we find that mask mandates are associated with a 25 percent or larger weekly reduction in new COVID-19 cases in July and August, relative to the trend in absence of mandate. Province-level data provide corroborating evidence. We control for factors such as mobility (using Google geo-location data) and past cases. Our analysis of additional survey data shows that mask mandates led to an increase of about 30 percentage points in self-reported mask wearing in public. Counterfactual policy simulations suggest that mandating indoor masks nationwide in early July could have reduced new COVID-19 cases in Canada by 25 to 40 percent in mid-August (700 to 1,100 fewer cases per week).

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Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada

Karaivanov

Shigeoka

et al. 2020

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“…A second empirical approach is to use more traditional time series and panel data methods. For example, Dergiades et al (2020) assess the quantitative impact of government interventions on daily Covid-19 related deaths across 32 countries using a dynamic panel estimation. Likewise, Chen and Qiu (2020) estimate an epistemological dynamic panel model across nine countries to show how economic damage can be limited if citizens wear masks are obey certain quarantine rule.…”

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Suggestions for a Covid-19 Post-Pandemic Research Agenda in Environmental Economics

Elliott

Schumacher

Withagen

2020

Environ Resource Econ

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In this article we draw upon early lessons from the 2020 Covid-19 crisis and discuss how these may relate to a future research agenda in environmental economics. In particular, we describe how the events surrounding the Covid-19 crisis may inform environmental research related to globalization and cooperation, the green transition, pricing carbon externalities, as well as the role of uncertainty and timing of policy inventions. We also discuss the implications for future empirical research in this area.

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“…Several studies have recently examined the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in different countries. They adopted different perspectives, analyzing the effectiveness of governmental policies ( Dergiades et al, 2020 ; Desson et al, 2020 ), epidemiological responses ( Jefferies et al, 2020 ), testing, contact tracing and isolation ( Salathe et al, 2020 ), lockdown policy ( Faber et al, 2020 ), preparation of the healthcare sector ( Barro et al, 2020 ), as well as key learned lessons ( Han et al, 2020 ). However, empirical studies of how such measures are perceived by the healthcare staff, and of how the pandemic has affected their work situation from their own perspective, are still scarce.…”

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Lessons From the First Wave of COVID-19: Work-Related Consequences, Clinical Knowledge, Emotional Distress, and Safety-Conscious Behavior in Healthcare Workers in Switzerland

Riguzzi¹,

Gashi²

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) imposes an unusual risk to the physical and mental health of healthcare workers and thereby to the functioning of healthcare systems during the crisis. This study investigates the clinical knowledge of healthcare workers about COVID-19, their ways of acquiring information, their emotional distress and risk perception, their adherence to preventive guidelines, their changed work situation due to the pandemic, and their perception of how the healthcare system has coped with the pandemic. It is based on a quantitative cross-sectional survey of 185 Swiss healthcare workers directly attending to patients during the pandemic, with 22% (n = 40) of them being assigned to COVID-19-infected patients. The participants answered between 16th June and 15th July 2020, shortly after the first wave of COVID-19 had been overcome and the national government had relaxed its preventive regulations to a great extent. The questionnaire incorporated parts of the “Standard questionnaire on risk perception of an infectious disease outbreak” (version 2015), which were adapted to the case of COVID-19. Clinical knowledge was lowest regarding the effectiveness of standard hygiene (p < 0.05). Knowledge of infectiousness, incubation time, and life-threatening disease progression was higher, however still significantly lower than regarding asymptomatic cases and transmission without physical contact (p < 0.001). 70% (95%-confidence interval: 64-77%) of the healthcare workers reported considerable emotional distress on at least one of the measured dimensions. They worried significantly more strongly about patients, elderly people, and family members, than about their own health (p < 0.001). Adherence to (not legally binding) preventive guidelines by the government displayed patterns such that not all guidelines were followed equally. Most of the participants were faced with a lack of protective materials, personnel, structures, processes, and contingency plans. An increase in stress level was the most prevalent among the diverse effects the pandemic had on their work situation. Better medical equipment (including drugs), better protection for their own mental and physical health, more (assigned) personnel, more comprehensive information about the symptoms of the disease, and a system of earlier warning were the primary lessons to be learned in view of upcoming waves of the pandemic.

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Effectiveness of Government Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Cited by 59 publications

References 23 publications

Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada

Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada

Suggestions for a Covid-19 Post-Pandemic Research Agenda in Environmental Economics

Lessons From the First Wave of COVID-19: Work-Related Consequences, Clinical Knowledge, Emotional Distress, and Safety-Conscious Behavior in Healthcare Workers in Switzerland

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