A Networks Based ABM to Investigate the Efficacy of Lockdowns and other Mitigation Strategies

Amin Hussain, Amara Ashfaq, Aurooj Khan, Ayesha Hanif and Taha Siddique
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Amin Hussain: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Amara Ashfaq: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Aurooj Khan: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Ayesha Hanif: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Taha Siddique: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

No 2020:6, PIDE Research Report from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is one that has left the world reeling at how it has managed to affect the entire globe and killed hundreds of thousands. The intensity with which the virus struck called for an extreme reaction to keep it from overwhelming the healthcare system. To prevent deaths from this highly contagious virus we saw countries go into lockdowns. Businesses shut down; the roads were traffic-less; entire cities became ghost-towns. As lockdowns extended, the trade-off between staying at home and being safe from the virus and going out to work to earn enough to not succumb to economic hardships became apparent

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Date: 2020
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