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European Department

Table of Contents

  • I. INTRODUCTION

  • II. DATA

    • A. Reopening Database

    • B. Other Data Sources

  • III. REOPENING POLICIES, ACTIVITY AND INFECTION

    • A. Characterization of Reopening Plans

    • B. Trends in Mobility and Infection

    • C. Health interventions and Health Behaviors

  • IV. EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK

  • V. RESULTS

    • A. What is the Effect of Reopening Policies on Mobility?

    • B. Are Reopenings Associated with an Increase in Subsequent Infections?

    • C. Are Some Reopening Strategies Riskier in Terms of Subsequent Infections?

      • 1. Do Faster and Earlier Reopening Strategies Carry More Risk?

      • 2. Does the Sequencing of Sectoral Reopenings Influence Subsequent Infections?

    • D. Additional Robustness for the Effect of Reopenings on Infections

  • VI. CONCLUSION

  • REFERENCES

  • VII. APPENDIX

  • FIGURES

  • 1. Sectoral Reopening Indices vs. Oxford Blavatnik Overall Workplace Index

  • 2. GDP growth and mobility change, 2020Q2

  • 3. Overall Reopening Strategy and Characterization

  • 4. Sequence of Reopening Sectors and Easing Actions

  • 5. Trends around Reopening: Mobility

  • 6. Trends around Reopening: Infection, Daily Cases

  • 7. Trends around Reopening: Infection, Daily Deaths

  • 8. Health Policy and Behaviour around Reopening

  • 9. Effect of Reopening Measures and Voluntary Social Distancing on Mobility

  • 10. Effect of Reopening on Mobility – Identification using Sectoral Variation

  • 11. Effect of Reopening Measures on Infections

  • 12. Effect of Reopening by Speed and Timing of Reopening

  • 13. Alternative reopening strategies: Predicted Paths

  • 14. Effects of Sectoral Reopenings on Infections by Sequence

  • 15. Robustness to Testing

  • 16. Robustness to Testing, Masks and Social Distancing

  • TABLES

  • 1. Explained Variation in Mobility (2 Week Horizon)

  • 2. Explained Variation in Infection (3 Week Horizon)

  • 3. Baseline Effects of Reopening on Mobility (Index with 100 as normal)

  • 4. Baseline Effects of Reopening on Daily Cases (log of 7 day m.a.)

  • 5. Baseline Effects of Reopening on Daily Deaths (log of 7 day m.a)

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Exiting from Lockdowns: Early Evidence from Reopenings in Europe
Author:
Mr. Jeffrey R. Franks
,
Bertrand Gruss
,
Mr. Carlos Mulas-Granados
,
Manasa Patnam
, and
Mr. Sebastian Weber