Mobarak et al.: "The Benefits and Costs of Social Distancing In High- and Low-Income Countries"

Abstract

Widespread social distancing and lockdowns of everyday activity have been the primary policy prescription across many countries throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite their uniformity, these measures may be differentially valuable for different countries. We use a compartmental epidemiological model to project the spread of COVID-19 across policy scenarios in high- and low-income countries. We embed estimates of the welfare value of disease avoidance into the epidemiological projections to estimate the return to more stringent lockdown policies.

Citation

Barnett-Howell, Zachary, Oliver John Watson and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. 2021. "The Benefits and Costs of Social Distancing In High- and Low-Income Countries." Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 115, no.7: 807-819. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa140.