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Cross-National Measures of the Intensity of COVID-19 Public Health Policies

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  • Kubinec, Robert

    (New York University Abu Dhabi)

  • Barceló, Joan

    (New York University - Abu Dhabi)

  • Goldszmidt, Rafael

    (Getulio Vargas Foundation)

  • Grujic, Vanja

Abstract

We present six new indices that measure the intensity of government responses to COVID-19 within distinct policy domains: social distancing, schools, businesses, health monitoring, health resources and mask wearing. We create these measures by combining two of the most comprehensive COVID-19 datasets, the CoronaNet COVID-19 Government Response Event Dataset and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, using a Bayesian time-varying measurement model. Our daily indices track policymakers' policy intensity to each of these policy domains from 1 January, 2020 to 14 January, 2021, for over 180 countries. In creating these measures, we are able to provide aggregate summaries of policy-making activities which captures the intensity of a country's government response to COVID-19 in a given policy domain. Using these measures, we are able to clarify findings on the role of lockdowns in preventing infections in the early pandemic period. In terms of policy adoption, we show that more democratic countries and countries with greater levels of economic interdependence tend to have less intense policy responses to the pandemic.

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  • Kubinec, Robert & Barceló, Joan & Goldszmidt, Rafael & Grujic, Vanja, 2021. "Cross-National Measures of the Intensity of COVID-19 Public Health Policies," SocArXiv rn9xk_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:rn9xk_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/rn9xk_v1
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