Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267256 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10023
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 182 countries to estimate the effects of 14 NPIs on the spread of the disease in 2020. The employed fixed effects estimation greatly reduces endogeneity concerns. While almost all measures had a dampening effect on the reproduction rate of the virus, public information campaigns and school closings were most effective, followed by testing policies and contact tracing. The obligation to wear face masks was more effective during the second wave. Other measures, in contrast, were less successful in the second half of 2020.
Subjects: 
Covid-19
non-pharmaceutical interventions
policy analysis
panel data
JEL: 
C10
C50
I10
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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