GLO Discussion Paper of the Month on ‘True Covid-19 mortality rates from administrative data’ authored by GLO Fellow Domenico Depalo & all GLO DPs of August.

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of August demonstrates how to use administrative data to estimate the number of deaths, the number of infections, and mortality rates from Covid-19 in Lombardia, the hot spot of the disease in Italy and Europe.

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GLO Discussion Paper of the Month: August

630 True Covid-19 mortality rates from administrative dataDownload PDF
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Depalo, Domenico

Forthcoming: Journal of Population Economics

GLO Fellow Domenico Depalo

Author Abstract: In this paper I use administrative data to estimate the number of deaths, the number of infections, and mortality rates from Covid-19 in Lombardia, the hot spot of the disease in Italy and Europe. The information is relevant for the policy maker, to make decisions, and for the public, to adopt appropriate behaviors. As the available data suffer from sample selection bias I use partial identification to derive these quantities. Partial identification combines assumptions with the data to deliver a set of admissible values, or bounds. Stronger assumptions yield stronger conclusions, but decrease the credibility of the inference. Therefore, I start with assumptions that are always satisfied, then I impose increasingly more restrictive assumptions. Using my preferred bounds, during March 2020 in Lombardia there were between 10,000 and 18,500 more deaths than before 2020. The narrowest bounds of mortality rates from Covid-19 are between 0.1% and 7.5%, much smaller than the 17.5% discussed for long time. This finding suggests that the case of Lombardia may not be as special as some argue.

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GLO Discussion Papers submitted in August 2020

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644 Suffering and prejudice: Do negative emotions predict immigration concerns? – Download PDF
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643 Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants – Download PDF
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642 Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda – Download PDF
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641 Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration – Download PDF
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640 The Economics of Happiness – Download PDF
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639 In Times of Trouble: Innovative Drivers of External Competitiveness for Small Businesses during the Great Recession – Download PDF
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638 Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China – Download PDF
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637 The intensity of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector – Download PDF
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636 To abate, or not to abate? A strategic approach on green production in Cournot and Bertrand duopolies – Download PDF
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635 Short-term Labour Market Effects of COVID-19 and the Associated National Lockdown in Australia: Evidence from Longitudinal Labour Force Survey – Download PDF
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634 Big Data and Happiness – Download PDF
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633 Contract structure, time preference, and technology adoption – Download PDF
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632 Artificial Intelligence, Income Distribution and Economic Growth – Download PDF
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631 Entrepreneurial Recovery from COVID-19: Decentralization, Democratization, Demand, Distribution, and Demography – Download PDF
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630 True Covid-19 mortality rates from administrative data – Download PDF
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629 Firm behavior during an epidemic – Download PDF
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628 Conscription and Educational Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Cyprus – Download PDF
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Savčić, Ružica & Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos & Xefteris, Dimitrios

627 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Labour Market Outcomes: New Patterns and Insights – Download PDF
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Drydakis, Nick & Zimmermann, Klaus F.

626 COVID-19 Outbreak, Social Response, and Early Economic Effects: A Global VAR Analysis of Cross-Country Interdependencies – Download PDF
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Milani, Fabio

625 Feeling Richer and Happier? Self-Perceived Economic Welfare and Life Satisfaction: Evidence of ‘Easterlin Paradox’ from Russian Longitudinal Data – Download PDF
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624 Jobs Cronyism in Public-Sector Firms – Download PDF
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GLO DP Team
Senior Editors: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent) & GLO; Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and Bonn University).
Managing Editor: Magdalena Ulceluse, University of GroningenDP@glabor.org  

DP of the Month August

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