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COVID-19 incidence and the timing of quarantine measures and travel restrictions: A cross-country analysis

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  • Marjorie C. Pajaron

    (School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman)

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Recent data on COVID-19 would suggest that no country is inured to the adverse effects of this disease. Although experts somehow agree on the virulence of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2), it is puzzling why some countries have experienced the full brunt of the virus while others appear to have been totally spared. This paper examines one possible reason for the seemingly capricious nature of this virus. We compare the timing of the government response (travel restrictions and social distancing measures) of the ten ASEAN member countries and the incidence of COVID-19. Our preliminary results suggest that countries that responded relatively late (Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand), when the local human-to-human transmission was already intense, have experienced a relatively high incidence of COVID-19 with the exception of Singapore and Cambodia. Further and more rigorous (regression) analysis is planned, conditional on data availability.

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  • Marjorie C. Pajaron, 2020. "COVID-19 incidence and the timing of quarantine measures and travel restrictions: A cross-country analysis," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 202010, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:dpaper:202010
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Cross-country analysis; ASEAN;
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    JEL classification:

    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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