Infectious disease, human capital, and the BRICS economy in the time of COVID-19

We develop empirical models using difference-in-difference method to find out how COVID-19 testing and infection rates impact the BRICS economy. Our results show that strict government measures, areas of poor people and people with heart diseases have resulted in high COVID-19 testing due to the inc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Devi Prasad Dash, Narayan Sethi, Aruna Kumar Dash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:MethodsX
Subjects:
R23
P36
O50
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016120304222