| Number |
CREPEDP-125 |
| Publication Date |
June 2022 |
| Title |
Cross-Regional Heterogeneity in Health and Economic
Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic:
An Analysis of Japan
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| Author |
Shotaro Beppu, Daisuke Fujii,
Hiroyuki Kubota, Kohei Machi, Yuta Maeda, Taisuke Nakata, and Haruki Shibuya
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| Abstract |
Health and macroeconomic outcomes varied substantially across prefectures in Japan during the COVID-19 crisis. Using an estimated macro-epidemiological model as well as the idea of revealed preference, we compute the marginal rate of substitution (MRS) and the conditional trade-off curve between health and economic outcomes in each prefecture. We find that there is a large heterogeneity in the MRS as well as the location and shape of the conditional trade-off curve.
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| Keywords |
COVID-19, SIR model, epidemiology, value of a statistical life
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| Other information |
Paper in English (24 pages) |