Covid and social distancing with a heterogenous population
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DOI: 10.1007/s00199-021-01377-2
Abstract: Motivated by the Covid-19 epidemic, we build a SIR model with private decisions on social distancing and population heterogeneity in terms of infection-induced fatality rates, and calibrate it to UK data to understand the quantitative… read more here.
Keywords: covid social; welfare gains; policies shut; social distancing ... See more keywords
Social Security reform in the presence of informality
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DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2020.10.001
Abstract: Abstract As populations age, countries across the globe are dealing with the issue of how to fund retirement consumption for their workers. The design of Social Security programs is more difficult when the country also… read more here.
Keywords: informality; reform; welfare gains; social security ... See more keywords
Unequal Welfare Gains From Trade Across Countries: The Role of Aggregation and Income Elasticities
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DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2023.2207847
Abstract: Sectoral heterogeneity has been shown to affect country-level welfare gains from trade (measured by costs of autarky) that can be calculated by sector-specific trade elasticities and home expenditure shares. However, empirical analyses of multi-sector models… read more here.
Keywords: gains trade; welfare; elasticity; welfare gains ... See more keywords