Everything that Rises Must Converge: How the Policy and Public Responses to Covid-19 in the Education Sphere Impact on Virus Transmission

Konstantinos Eleftheriou, Marilou Ioakimidis and Geraint Johnes
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Marilou Ioakimidis: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Geraint Johnes: Lancaster University

Review of Economic Analysis, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 393-408

Abstract: "In this paper, a two-stage approach is used to model international data on the spread of COVID-19. We find evidence of two convergence clubs, one with a higher and one with a lower COVID-19 death rate. We also find evidence to support the hypothesis that relatively high levels of educational attainment in a population predicts a lower COVID-19 death rate among individuals 65 or more years of age. We speculate that this is attributable to more informed prosocial behaviours directed toward elderly people in the form of adherence to guidelines intended to reduce spread of the virus."

Keywords: "covid-19; convergence; education; world data" (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 I18 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.15353/rea.v16i3.5397

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