Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300032 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11104
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and calibrate a health economic model based on principles of the biology of human aging that captures the interaction between infections and chronic health deficits. Our analysis suggests that neglecting this interaction leads to a gross underestimation of the long-term health impact of the pandemic. Our model also explains large socioeconomic health differences that can be attributed to infection protection behavior.
Subjects: 
Covid-19
Long Covid
health behaviour
health deficits
health inequality
protection aversion
false beliefs
longevity
JEL: 
D15
I10
I12
J24
J26
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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