Bitte verwenden Sie diesen Link, um diese Publikation zu zitieren, oder auf sie als Internetquelle zu verweisen: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223663 
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13221
Verlag: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
Some commentators argue for a fairly general release from COVID-19 lockdown. That has a troubling flaw. It ignores the fatality risks that will then be faced by citizens in midlife and older. This paper provides information on the strong age-pattern in the risk of death from three countries (China, Italy, the UK). If politicians want an imminent removal of the lockdown, the safest approach in our judgment would be a rolling age-release strategy combined with the current principle of social distancing. But even if that is not the policy adopted, citizens need to be shown graphs of the kind in this paper. Honest guidance ought to be given to those in midlife and beyond. Governments have to allow people to understand their personal risk after any release from lockdown.
Schlagwörter: 
coronavirus
labor market
recession
COVID-19
JEL: 
I18
J13
K38
H75
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

Datei(en):
Datei
Größe
795.58 kB





Publikationen in EconStor sind urheberrechtlich geschützt.