Lives v livelihoods, part 2: suppression or control?

Adler, Matthew, Bradley, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-2184-7844, Ferranna, Maddalena, Fleurbaey, Hélène, Hammitt, James K. and Voorhoeve, Alex ORCID: 0000-0003-3240-3835 (2020) Lives v livelihoods, part 2: suppression or control? LSE COVID-19 Blog (11 Aug 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Limiting the length of lockdown is key to minimising the damage the pandemic inflicts on livelihoods. Matthew Adler (Duke University/LSE), Richard Bradley (LSE), Maddalena Ferranna (Princeton), Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton and Paris School of Economics), James Hammitt (Harvard) and Alex Voorhoeve (LSE) compare the benefit-cost and social welfare approaches to doing so. They find early suppression is often best, if it can be ensured that those on lower incomes bear a smaller share of the economic burden of lockdown.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2020 13:33
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 12:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106336

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