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

2021

Abstract 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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The Covid-19 containment effects of public health measures - A spatial difference-in-differences approach

2020

AbstractSince mid-March 2020 the Federal and state governments in Germany agreed on comprehensive public health measures to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections leading to the Covid-19 disease. We study the containment effects of these policy interventions on the progression of the pandemic in the first containment phase in spring 2020 before the easing of restrictions may become effective by the end of April. To exploit both the temporal and spatial dimension in the dissemination of the virus, we conduct a spatial panel data analysis for German NUTS-3 regions. Specifically, we employ a spatial difference-in-differences approach to identify the effects of six compound sets of public hea…

medicine.medical_specialtyExploitPublic economicsGesundheitswesenPublic healthMaßnahmeCOVID-19containment effectsspatial difference-in-differences300SchutzSpecificationPanel analysisWork (electrical)public health measuresmedicineBusinessClosure (psychology)Dimension (data warehouse)DeutschlandSpatial analysis
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