Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226279 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8577
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This study documents how the demographics of new infections and mortality changed over time across US counties. We find that counties with a larger population share aged above 60 were hit harder initially in terms of both cases and mortality in March and April while counties with a larger population share aged below 20 were hit harder in June and July. At the same time, how counties that voted Democratic in 2016 are affected does not change over time. Subsequently, we simulate an alternative evolution of the pandemic, assuming that states extended the lockdown measures until daily new cases reach the levels of European countries after their lockdown measures were relaxed. In the baseline simulation, we find that cases and deaths would have increased by around 50% less by the end of June, but it would have led to a 2 percentage point larger drop in Q2 GDP.
Subjects: 
spatial population distribution
pandemic
Covid-19
lockdown
stay-at-home order
economic impact
non-pharmaceutical interventions
JEL: 
C53
H12
I18
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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