Take me out: De facto limits on strict lockdowns in developing countries

In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and containment measures were a fundamental tool to control the spread of the virus. In this article, we analyze data from 120 countries seeking to assess the stringency of de jure lockdown policies, comparing them with their de facto compliance and empirically an...

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Autores principales: Levy Yeyati, Eduardo, Sartori, Ignacio
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
Materias:
Covid-19
Países en desarrollo
Política de la salud
Health Policies
Economías emergentes
Emerging economies
Confinamiento
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13072
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-130722024-10-01T07:00:20Z Take me out: De facto limits on strict lockdowns in developing countries Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Sartori, Ignacio Covid-19 Países en desarrollo Política de la salud Health Policies Economías emergentes Emerging economies Confinamiento In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and containment measures were a fundamental tool to control the spread of the virus. In this article, we analyze data from 120 countries seeking to assess the stringency of de jure lockdown policies, comparing them with their de facto compliance and empirically analyzing the determinants of social distancing noncompliance. We find that, from a de jure perspective, almost all the strictest and longest lockdowns took place in emerging or developing economies. However, when analyzing its de facto compliance, we document a generalized and increasing non-compliance over time, which is significantly higher in emerging and developing economies. We show that lockdown compliance declines with time, and is lower in countries with stricter quarantines, lower incomes and higher levels of labor precariousness. 2024-09-30T17:16:28Z 2024-09-30T17:16:28Z 2020-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13072 spa Documento de Trabajo. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 9 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Escuela de Gobierno
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Países en desarrollo
Política de la salud
Health Policies
Economías emergentes
Emerging economies
Confinamiento
spellingShingle Covid-19
Países en desarrollo
Política de la salud
Health Policies
Economías emergentes
Emerging economies
Confinamiento
Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
Sartori, Ignacio
Take me out: De facto limits on strict lockdowns in developing countries
topic_facet Covid-19
Países en desarrollo
Política de la salud
Health Policies
Economías emergentes
Emerging economies
Confinamiento
description In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and containment measures were a fundamental tool to control the spread of the virus. In this article, we analyze data from 120 countries seeking to assess the stringency of de jure lockdown policies, comparing them with their de facto compliance and empirically analyzing the determinants of social distancing noncompliance. We find that, from a de jure perspective, almost all the strictest and longest lockdowns took place in emerging or developing economies. However, when analyzing its de facto compliance, we document a generalized and increasing non-compliance over time, which is significantly higher in emerging and developing economies. We show that lockdown compliance declines with time, and is lower in countries with stricter quarantines, lower incomes and higher levels of labor precariousness.
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