Does Social Distancing Matter

This paper develops and implements a method to monetize the impact of moderate social distancing on deaths from COVID-19. It measures the number of deaths saved with the united states governments value of statistical life and finds that mortality benefits of social distancing is 18 trillion dollars

Publisher: | Author: Michael Greenstone

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case study and social distancing
DATE PUBLISHED
2020-03-16 (Modified: 2023-05-28)

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https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_WP_202026.pdf

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