A Case for Social Distancing in Developing Countries
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Keywords
Covid-19; Social Distancing; Value of Statistical Lives; VSL; Cost-benefit Analysis; Developing Countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2020-08-24 (Health Economics)
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