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The impact of the non-essential business closure policy on Covid-19 infection rates

verfasst von: Hummy Song, Ryan McKenna, Angela T. Chen, Guy David, Aaron Smith-McLallen

Erschienen in: International Journal of Health Economics and Management | Ausgabe 4/2021

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In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many localities instituted non-essential business closure orders, keeping individuals categorized as essential workers at the frontlines while sending their non-essential counterparts home. We examine the extent to which being designated as an essential or non-essential worker impacts one’s risk of being Covid-positive following the non-essential business closure order in Pennsylvania. We also assess the intrahousehold transmission risk experienced by their cohabiting family members and roommates. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we estimate that workers designated as essential have a 55% higher likelihood of being positive for Covid-19 than those classified as non-essential; in other words, non-essential workers experience a protective effect. While members of the health care and social assistance subsector contribute significantly to this overall effect, it is not completely driven by them. We also find evidence of intrahousehold transmission that differs in intensity by essential status. Dependents cohabiting with an essential worker have a 17% higher likelihood of being Covid-positive compared to those cohabiting with a non-essential worker. Roommates cohabiting with an essential worker experience a 38% increase in likelihood of being Covid-positive. Analysis of households with a Covid-positive member suggests that intrahousehold transmission is an important mechanism driving these effects.

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As a robustness check, we also estimate a model in which we define week 12 of 2020 as the start of the post-implementation period.

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Titel: The impact of the non-essential business closure policy on Covid-19 infection rates
verfasst von: Hummy Song
Ryan McKenna
Angela T. Chen
Guy David
Aaron Smith-McLallen
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2021
Verlag: Springer US
Schlagwörter: COVID-19
Epidemiologie und Hygiene
Pneumonie
Prävention und Rehabilitation in der Pneumologie
Infektionserkrankungen in der Hausarztpraxis
Prävention und Screening in der Hausarztpraxis
Erschienen in: International Journal of Health Economics and Management / Ausgabe 4/2021
Print ISSN: 2199-9023
Elektronische ISSN: 2199-9031
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-021-09302-9

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