Lockdown fatigue: The diminishing effects of quarantines on the spread of COVID-19

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) have been for most countries the key policy instrument utilized to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of these policies on the virus’ transmission and death toll, for a panel of 152 coun...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, Patricio, Levy Yeyati, Eduardo, Sartorio, Lucas
Formato: Documento de trabajo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
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Covid-19
Health Policies
Política de la salud
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13077
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-130772024-10-01T07:00:25Z Lockdown fatigue: The diminishing effects of quarantines on the spread of COVID-19 Goldstein, Patricio Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Sartorio, Lucas Covid-19 Health Policies Política de la salud Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) have been for most countries the key policy instrument utilized to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of these policies on the virus’ transmission and death toll, for a panel of 152 countries, from the start of the pandemic through December 31, 2020. We find that lockdowns tend to significantly reduce the spread of the virus and the number of related deaths. We also show that this benign impact declines over time: after four months of strict lockdown, NPIs have a significantly weaker contribution in terms of their effect in reducing COVID-19 related fatalities. Part of the fading effect of quarantines could be attributed to an increasing non-compliance with mobility restrictions, as reflected in our estimates of a declining effect of lockdowns on measures of actual mobility. However, we additionally find that a reduction in de facto mobility also exhibits a diminishing effect on health outcomes, which suggests that lockdown fatigues may have introduce broader hurdles to containment policies. 2024-09-30T21:34:54Z 2024-09-30T21:34:54Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13077 eng Documento de Trabajo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 23 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Escuela de Gobierno
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Health Policies
Política de la salud
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
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Health Policies
Política de la salud
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
Goldstein, Patricio
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Sartorio, Lucas
Lockdown fatigue: The diminishing effects of quarantines on the spread of COVID-19
topic_facet Covid-19
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Política de la salud
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)
description Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) have been for most countries the key policy instrument utilized to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of these policies on the virus’ transmission and death toll, for a panel of 152 countries, from the start of the pandemic through December 31, 2020. We find that lockdowns tend to significantly reduce the spread of the virus and the number of related deaths. We also show that this benign impact declines over time: after four months of strict lockdown, NPIs have a significantly weaker contribution in terms of their effect in reducing COVID-19 related fatalities. Part of the fading effect of quarantines could be attributed to an increasing non-compliance with mobility restrictions, as reflected in our estimates of a declining effect of lockdowns on measures of actual mobility. However, we additionally find that a reduction in de facto mobility also exhibits a diminishing effect on health outcomes, which suggests that lockdown fatigues may have introduce broader hurdles to containment policies.
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