The Covid‐19 containment effects of public health measures: A spatial difference‐in‐differences approach

The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid‐19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference‐in‐differences approach. We find...

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Autores principales: Kosfeld, Reinhold, Mitze, Timo, Rode, Johannes, Wälde, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jors.12536
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description The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid‐19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference‐in‐differences approach. We find that contact restrictions, mandatory wearing of face masks and closure of schools substantially contributed to flattening the infection curve. The significance of the impact of restaurant closure does not prove to be robust. No incremental effect is evidenced for closure of establishments and the shutdown of nonessential retail stores.
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spelling pubmed-82509842021-07-02 The Covid‐19 containment effects of public health measures: A spatial difference‐in‐differences approach Kosfeld, Reinhold Mitze, Timo Rode, Johannes Wälde, Klaus J Reg Sci Research Articles The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid‐19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference‐in‐differences approach. We find that contact restrictions, mandatory wearing of face masks and closure of schools substantially contributed to flattening the infection curve. The significance of the impact of restaurant closure does not prove to be robust. No incremental effect is evidenced for closure of establishments and the shutdown of nonessential retail stores. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-06-20 2021-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8250984/ /pubmed/34230689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jors.12536 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Regional Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250984/
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