Beyond Covid: Pandemics and the Economics of Aging and Longevity

Holger Strulik and Volker Grossmann

No 11104, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

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.

Keywords: Covid-19; Long Covid; health behaviour; health deficits; health inequality; protection aversion; false beliefs; longevity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D15 I10 I12 J24 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-hea and nep-mac
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