Workforce Composition Effects on Covid-19 Spread: a SIR model and an Application to the Czech Regions

Oliver Skultety ()
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Oliver Skultety: Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague

No 2025/15, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: One of the main types of government intervention aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic were the social distancing measures. This article presents a novel approach to examining the relationship between social distancing and workforce composition. The model used is a SIRD model with dynamically optimizing individuals. The model is estimated for each Czech region and calibrated for the 'social distancing measure' so that the model predictions best fit the data. This measure is then compared in a regression with the share of skilled labour in each region. This article finds that a significant correlation between social distancing preferences and workforce composition.

Keywords: SIR; social distancing; Covid-19; workforce composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2025-08, Revised 2025-08
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